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That's very lifelike portrait! Fabulous
Your top one is very nice, clear. I like his crest! The bottom radiate, draped one is marked as 'S' for scarce in Cloke and Toone reference.
Constantine, the young noble caesar, was only 9 years old when this nummus was struck in 325 - same year as the London mint was closed down....
Thanks for that article. What a careful job they have done in analyzing the metal composition using different methods. Impressive. And the results...
Thanks very much for all this information about the metal ratio Doug. It's very convincing. It's not surprise that auction houses and...
Ah illness can disrupt our bestest sweetest nature. I looked through the links. Your collection is amazing thanks for sharing them!
Yes, there are so many examples of the names of coins changing over the years. And facts superseded. Obsolete factlets. Even as a beginner I've...
Thank you for the links to your coins. I shall peruse at leisure. I find CT book and the recent update absolutely invaluable. And so well...
@maridvnvm Thank you for images. Interesting about plate thickness of the silvering and copper oxidising through like that. I've seen that weird...
Southern USA accent sounds really good to British ears! Brits get to play the bad characters don't they ? I recently had a daydream where I was...
Thanks all. This has been so interesting! I'm going to adopt the 'aurelianianus' usage following this Kenneth Harl chap.
Thank you! Tetricus betrayed his soldiers when he sneaked over to Aurelian didn't he? And Zenobia had to play her part in chains at the triumph. I...
In my British accent it sounds like "aww-real-ee-en-ee-ahhn-us"
That's very plausible I immediately thought. But it suddenly occurred to me that I do have a book that I only got third of a way as it's a very,...
Thank you @kevin McGonigal - very interesting. This coin does seem like an even higher % of silver with its silver wash and glimmer within holes...
Thank you @TIF Those are the value marks I was told about. It says "many" rather than all. numiswiki "Many of the later aurelianianus were struck...
hello, I bought a Diocletian silver coin called an Aurelianus by the seller. It's from Lugdunum. I've been told that it's still an Antoninanus as...
That's a fascinating interpretation. This history new to me. Thanks for writing. Recently, I was playing with an interpretation of the Constantine...
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