Republican denarius. Galerius follis.

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  1. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    I just added these to my web site:

    http://augustuscoins.com/index.html

    There are many more interesting coins there. Please take a look.

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    Roman Republican. 118 or 117 BC
    Denarius. 20-19 mm. 3.82 grams.
    Q. MAR C.F.L.R.
    Q Marcius, C Fabius, L Roscius
    Helmeted head of Roma right
    Victory driving quadriga right, holding wreath
    ROMA below
    Q MAR C F L R below.

    Crawford 283/1a. Sear I 159. [$95 + $4 in the US ($3 more elsewhere)]

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    Galerius, 293-305-311
    Follis. silver AE 27 mm. 10.33 grams.
    GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
    B in right field, SM SD in exergue
    RIC Serdica 4b c. 304-5. Serdica opened in 303 when Thessalonica closed.
    Failmezger 25 G.

    Much silvering and lots of detail. Serdica has more curvature to the figure of Genius than other mints (except Thessalonica, from which the engraver came) [$49 + $3 in the US ($3 more elsewhere)]

    The site also has a page of inexpensive coins, a page of ancient-coin books and catalogs, a page of Greek coins (some pretty special and expensive), and a page of Byzantine coins.

    http://augustuscoins.com/index.html
     

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