Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3215055, member: 88829&quot;][USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] I&#039;m not sure that what is ailing your OP coin is entirely corrosion.&nbsp; There is some of that, which cuts down into the original surface.&nbsp; But I also see some accretions which rest on the surface and obscure details beneath them.&nbsp; Often these can be removed (with some effort) improving the appearance. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is something about the gates that also fascinates me.&nbsp; I have been studying them off and on for the past 15 years.&nbsp; Provincial gates as well as the imperial varieties in silver and bronze.&nbsp; I collect the small imperial bronzes by mint, officina, turrets, and layer count, and have several hundred.&nbsp; Lots of unpublished stuff there, but they are not the whole story.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Cucumbor showed us an argenteus from Antioch.&nbsp; Here are a couple from Nicomedia with a different style, showing doors.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian</p><p>RIC VI Nicomedia 22a</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835825[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Galerius</p><p>RIC VI Nicomedia 26</p><p>[ATTACH=full]835826[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Notice that the coin for Galerius has a star centered above the door of the gate.&nbsp; The Diocletian does not, but it has something else in the &quot;turrets.&quot;&nbsp; The lines there have been called &quot;eagle beaks,&quot; and some seek them out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to be away for a while now but when I return&nbsp; I will&nbsp; post a couple of Tetrarchic bronze gates you might find interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in