Just a few LRB's

"Hoard" coins are often in quite good condition:

KILLINGHOLME HOARD REDUCED FOLLES

Helena



Fausta

 

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Excellent coins here -- congratulations to everyone!

 

Here is a fully silvered Licinius reduced follis (RIC Volume VII, London, No.3):

 

Me too, Ancientnoob. I miss a lot, but I still aim!

 

LRB, eh? ... I'm never quite sure where the date-lines are for this term?

=> is Constantius-I considered an LRB?
301 AD - 303 AD





... or is Constantine-I the start of the LRB era?

 

Traditionally it starts in A.D. 294, with the reform of Diocletian. I don't like this date, though, as it means some coins of the Tetrarchy are not LRB's.

 

Naw, since Rome traditionally started in 753 BCE, and I focus on the Republic, I consider anything from Augustus onward as LRB.

 

I think your dates are too arbitrary for me. I mean, c'mon. Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian as LRBs? Naw you are wrong. LRBs begin after Hadrian. Everybody knows this.

 

Yeah, I can buy into that... There are a FEW guys in that mess that are really cool.

 

I'm afraid not everyone realized you were joking....You were joking weren't you? IMHO, LRB starts with Romulus and I won't specify which one.

 

....do they stop with this guy?

Anastasius (491-518 AD)
AE Small Module 40 nummis (Follis)
struck 498-507 AD
23.8 mm x 12.43 grams
Obverse: Diademed bust of Anastasius- DN ANASTASIVS AV
Reverse: Large M flanked by Stars, Delta Officina - NIC, cross above
ref# SB32

 

Yes, I was joking. I'm not certain when LRB's begin, but I would guess around 300AD

 

Beautiful coins, guys! I like your Anastasius, Ancientnoob.

 

that's 'bout what i figure.. kinda like a graph dealy with it../\ ya know...

 

Okay thanks, so roughly 300 AD though 500 AD = LRB (Late Roman Bronze)

... ummm, or apparently "Diocletian through Anastasius"

Okay, gotcha

Thanks, I'm sure that's very helpful for us new collectors ... I appreciate it

Oh, and what about Byzantine?

Ummm, and dark ages? ... or medieval? ... or modern?

Man, everybody kinda knows the answers, but there never seems to be a real line in the sand ... hmmm, interesting ... yah, this ancient coin collecting thing has many layers to it, eh? (kinda like Shrek)

 

grey areas abound! it's easier to say where it isn't than where it is

 

LOL!!! To a hammer, the world looks like a nail, indeed.

 

Who here uses the following book as one of their LRB references?

R. A. G. Carson, P. V. Hill, J. P. C. Kent, The Late Roman Bronze Coinage A.D. 324–498. London: Spink and Son, Ltd., 1960. (and/or the 1989 revised edition)

 

Since getting into LRBs. I've been getting more interested in them, here are a few of mine...


My first and only camp gate, for now.


Licinius