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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4945702, member: 110504"][USER=115398]@Everett Guy[/USER], Welcome to our motley crew (from here, that's more WS than '80's rock --trust me; I was there for exactly one of 'em)!</p><p>The truth is, I saw your post earlier today, and was just Hoping someone from the myriad people here who actually know what they're talking about would confirm that yours look real. If it was me, I'd be letting myself exhale.</p><p>For anything in the way of references, the first thing you need is the Wildwinds website. <a href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/i.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/i.html</a> More especially, from along the top of the home page, "Roman: (.....) Imperial coinage by ruler." That will give you a drop-down menu that lists everyone who had coins issued in their own name, whether emperors, empresses, or their children, some of whom didn't live long enough to do much of anything.</p><p>Everyone else here nailed it; these are all from Julias, starting with Julia Maesa, all of whom were of the Severan dynasty, c. early 3rd century AD. And the reverse of that smallest, third one does look 'barbarous,' meaning that it was imitated, likely as not within the borders of the empire, instead of by real barbarians. (...But it's Still Really Cool!)</p><p>Once you click on any one entry, it will give you more in the way of dates, along with detail about the legends. No one listing is likely to tell you all there is to know, but they run very heavily to being reliable.</p><p>...Right, and as far as what you paid, it was easily in the range of a typical, fair retail. ...Unless you do in fact have something scarce, like some people (who are already way over my head) are hinting at.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 4945702, member: 110504"][USER=115398]@Everett Guy[/USER], Welcome to our motley crew (from here, that's more WS than '80's rock --trust me; I was there for exactly one of 'em)! The truth is, I saw your post earlier today, and was just Hoping someone from the myriad people here who actually know what they're talking about would confirm that yours look real. If it was me, I'd be letting myself exhale. For anything in the way of references, the first thing you need is the Wildwinds website. [URL]https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/i.html[/URL] More especially, from along the top of the home page, "Roman: (.....) Imperial coinage by ruler." That will give you a drop-down menu that lists everyone who had coins issued in their own name, whether emperors, empresses, or their children, some of whom didn't live long enough to do much of anything. Everyone else here nailed it; these are all from Julias, starting with Julia Maesa, all of whom were of the Severan dynasty, c. early 3rd century AD. And the reverse of that smallest, third one does look 'barbarous,' meaning that it was imitated, likely as not within the borders of the empire, instead of by real barbarians. (...But it's Still Really Cool!) Once you click on any one entry, it will give you more in the way of dates, along with detail about the legends. No one listing is likely to tell you all there is to know, but they run very heavily to being reliable. ...Right, and as far as what you paid, it was easily in the range of a typical, fair retail. ...Unless you do in fact have something scarce, like some people (who are already way over my head) are hinting at.[/QUOTE]
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