Coins

Coins of Barbarians

"Barbarian" was a term applied to any people not of Greek or Roman origin. By the time of the late Roman Empire, what was considered barbaric in one generation would frequently become more civilized and be adopted into the Roman "family" to the point that Roman Emperors after the first century AD were rarely of Italian lineage. Coins relating to th...

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3 Republican Denarii - Same or Different

Unlike modern coins, it is common for ancient coins to be available with a great variety of minor variations. In some cases this is an accident caused by individually hand cut dies each being a little different even when every attempt was made to make them the same. In other cases, the differences were part of the plan to control mint operations an...

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Geta: The One Who Died A.D. 209-212

Severan Period (not Septimius or Domna) [Rome] [Coin Collecting]...

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Gordian III, A.D. 238-244

Coins Relating to Military Emperors [Rome] [Coin Collecting]...

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Revolt of Aureolus

Coins Relating to Military Emperors [Rome] [Coin Collecting]...

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XXI and Other Letters

Things Found on Roman Reverses of the Late Third Century AD. Coins Relating to Military Emperors [Rome] [Coin Collecting]...

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Stirrups? on a coin of Constantius II

Coins Relating to the Constantinian Period (Christianity in Rome) [Coin Collecting]...

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Greek & Roman cast coins

Greek & Other Ancient Coins [Greece] [Coin Collecting]...

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Alexandria mint denarii

Commodus, Pertinax and Clodius Albinus [Rome] [Coin Collecting]...

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Macrinus A Greek Imperial of Laodocea and two denarii

Macrinus attempted to rule well and made some effort to reduce expenses. This was always dangerous when dealing with soldiers and after a short reign of a little more than a year, Macrinus was killed by the army that had elevated him. The coup that defeated him was led by Julia Maesa, sister of Julia Domna, in the name of her fourteen year old gran...

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