Hi I'm posting this partly just to make sure I've signed up correctly, before my students start posting questions to the group. Also, I was wondering if...
Hi I'm posting this partly just to make sure I've signed up correctly, before my students start posting questions to the group. Also, I was wondering if...
Hi, I sent these suggestions to Kate earlier, but didn't distribute them to the Yahoo list--maybe they will be helpful to others as well. Cathy Your students...
Hi We have two bronze coins that might have been clipped around the edges. I don't know what a clipped coin looks like exactly, but these are clearly...
It's highly unlikely that anyone would ever have risked draconian punishment for the tiny value of bronze shavings off coins of "token" value to begin with -...
Hi I sent a grateful response to Mark a little while ago and got a message saying that Yahoo doesn't accept messages that aren't in plain text. since my...
Hi Kate and all, In sorting through some donated coins this evening I encountered what I feel is a textbook example of of a hammered wire flan on a late Roman...
On the subject of AE coins that look clipped, I've also posted a picture of a sestertius of Severus Alexander showing either crude shearing from sheet bronze...
Hi Could you please help me identify my coin? This is what I think I have so far: 20 mm diamter. bust (can't tell if it's draped or armored), faces right....
Hi Could you please help me identify my coin? It's approx. 12 1/2 mm in diameter, though a little of the rim may be gone. Front: The emperor faces right. Head...
Hi My coin is 19 mm across. It's a draped bust, faces right. Very big ear. Hair is short on neck. Diadem with long ties in back and pearls on ties. Nose...
I'm far from any references at the moment, but I'm rather certain your coin will prove to be an AE3 of Constantine I with the reverse SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI....
I have posted images of one of my student's coins. Does anyone have suggestions for how to clean this further? It seems to have promise, but not via a...
Mark Lehman has sent a very helpful answer to a query from one of my students, and he's given me permission to foward it here: Matt. Are you sure that your...
Here's another response from Mark: Nathaniel, Coins of this type almost always have the Reverse inscription "GLORIA EXERCITVS" If you have no obverse...
And here's yet another reponse from the fabulous Mark Lehmann to a third student: Rob, I'm sorry to tell you that you usually can't identify the emperor by the...
"I'm sorry to tell you that you usually can't identify the emperor by the style of the portrait in this era of Roman coins - the engravers were aiming to make...
Hi A couple of my students have coins with reverse inscriptions about vows. After doing some research, we discovered that emperors offered vows for a...
While you are in general correct, don't depend on it too much. The years spent as Caesar (i.e., prince) counted, and they fudged things a lot. I have coins...
Doug, Of course I agree with you - there are many clues the more experienced may use to discriminate, however I wrote this to try to help a person whose very...
Occasionally, co-emperors and Caesars would have the same inscriptions - the Reverse honored the event and the Obverse honored the person. You may fairly well...
While I certainly agree the rulers used creative math to figure Votive numbers, you might want to add Constantine II (Caesar 316-337, Augustus 337-340) to your...
Forwarding from a Marshall student. Any help appreciated! --Jeri from Marshall ... From: Randi Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:27 PM I know that the...
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Forwarding from a Marshall student. Any help appreciated! --Jeri from Marshall ... From: Randi Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:27 PM I know that the...
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Hi Randi, Constantine I, Constans, Constantius II, and Constantine II all reached the rank of Augustus and had the AVG on some of their coins. I am not sure,...
Another student from Marshall. Thank you!! jeri ... From: Justin Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:35 PM Description: The obverse is hard to describe - it's...
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This should prove to a SPES REIPVBLICE type of either Julian the Apostate as Caesar or Constantius II. The portraits of the Apostate tend to have much longer...
Hi, You didn't say how large your coin was, but you might want to look at reverses with inscriptions like: VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM, RESTITVTOR REIP, & VIRTVS...
"This should prove to a SPES REIPVBLICE type of either Julian the Apostate as Caesar or Constantius II. The portraits of the Apostate tend to have much longer...
<<Try finding out how many different Caesars and Emperors minted this type - 2 soldiers, single standard - you might be surprised to see how many there were.>>...
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