A big Anonymous Follis Anonymous Folles. Struck in the Time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Æ Follis. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Legend in four lines; ornaments above and below. DOC A2.48; SB 1813. 17.4g 36mm A Hadrian Sestertius, (I didn't own a Sestertius before today..) Hadrian AD 117-138. Rome Sestertius Æ 29mm., 21,73g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate draped bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor and Roma shaking hands. RIC 740f; Cohen -. It can stand up on it's side. ( this doubles the coins value) A Julian II Follis Julian II AD 361-363 AE Follis; Sirmium mint. 2,21 g. 19 mm. Obv: D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding round shield and spear. Rev: VOT / X / MVLT / XX / H SIRM inside wreath RIC 108. EGYPT, Alexandria. Carinus. 283-285 AD. BI Tetradrachm. Dated RY 2 (283/4 AD). A K M A KA-PINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and skirt; L B (date) across field. Köln 3177-3179; Dattari 5584; Milne 4701; Emmett 4007.
good details on that byzantine coin and i LOVE the thick hadrian! i have a tet that also has "blue sprinkles"....
Congrats on your four sweet new OP-additions, arnoldoe (total winners) Ummm, I have a few of those coin-types ... wanna see 'em? Anonymous, Follis Julian-II, Follis Carinus, Alexandrian BI-Tet
Those are nice additions! Carinus (283 - 285 A.D.) Potin Tetradrachm O:A K M A KA-PINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right. R: Elpis advancing left, holding flower and skirt; L B (date) across field. Dated RY 2 (283/4 AD) Alexandria Mint 7.07g 20mm Dattari 5584; Milne 4701; Emmett 4007
