This is not my usual area of interest, I mostly consider myself a student of medieval and late Roman numismatics, but this was a cheap puzzle I...
In 267 a series of coinage is minted for Gallienus (and Salonina), marking the 15th time that the emperor is holding tribunician power (PXV in the...
The 'Duchy of Nitra' was established by the Arpadian dynasty as an appanage for the heirs of the Kingdom of Hungary starting around 1046, when...
In 317, after the peace between Constantine and Licinius, the Western mints started issuing again in the name of the Eastern Augustus, even though...
The story of the emporium at Quentovic is interesting and controversial in itself -- I really recommend S. Coupland's Trading Places: Quentovic...
Saint Tryphon was a Phrygian saint from the 3rd century, martyred during the Decian persecutions of 250-1. He is celebrated by both Eastern and...
In the field of 'Feudal France' a lot of the identifications that still stand today, mostly between collectors rather than numismatists, come from...
I'd like this to become an ongoing thread about things that we just could not identify properly, although they are detailed enough to grant an...
In 1505, Michelangelo left Florence for Rome at the invitation of Pope Julius II. As such, he'd embark in one of humanity's greatest artistic...
A rather scarce early type siliqua for Valens: [ATTACH] AR18mm 1.97g silver siliqua, minted at Nicomedia, cca. 367 DN VALENS - PF AVG;...
The early Crusader coinage from Antioch is very common nowadays, allowing for interesting specimens to always be available. Some time ago I wrote...
This is, I think, an interesting coin and a rather scarce one: [ATTACH] Dalmatius as Caesar (335-337) AE3/4 17mm 2.76g, reduced follis/nummus,...
Due to the pandemic I find myself unable to sustain buying coins which is unfortunate as my numismatic interests helped a lot in my quest for...
This small currency of the County of Tripoli was used towards the end of Christian rule on the mainland coast of the Eastern Levant. It is...
Horrendous style, corrosion just enough to make it even uglier, and on top 32EUR. So why? [ATTACH] AE20mm 3.20g, billon antoninian, Viminacium...
Got a really small lot of 3 AE3 late 4th to early 5th century bronzes with a nice sandy look that are rather common but are such a pleasure to...
This one was presented from a Middle European collection as a regular Severus Alexander Augustus: [ATTACH] AE23mm 6.18g orichalcum (brass)...
On the 28th of September 351, the armies of Constantius II won the bloody battle of Mursa Major and Magnentius was pushed into Gaul with his...
Following the loss of Africa and subsequently Carthage by Maxentius, the mint of Ostia was opened around late 308 or in 309 to lift the pressure...
So lately I have done something that I don't usually do: I bought two small lots (6 coins in total) from what seems to be a collection and/or a...
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