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Yeah, looks like a Fallen Horseman constantinian bronze to me. The most typical legend would be FEL TEMP REPARATIO, unsure if you can kinda see it with the coin on hand.

My Leo VI, with an extra Alexander for good measure. Like Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, Leo VI's successor was... less than adequate, dying less than a year after beginning his sole reign apparently after a life full of vices.

RIP Tesorillo Where will I ID my LRBs now. Hope it comes back.

My only Valerian I. Fun little story, I bought a Decius from a certain seller and I got it in my mail, no issue. Then a week later this one showed up out of nowhere, claiming itself to be the Decius (Mind you, I already had it). I contacted the seller and told me it must've been an error, I got to keep it so... It's free real estate. Two for the price of one. It's a very nice "Iovi Conservatori" full legend type so I'm not going to complain. (I wouldn't complain even if it was literally the worst coin ever, it's free!) The picture doesn't make full honor to the reverse. Valerian | 253-260 | Minted 254 | Antoninianus | Rome | IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG | IOVI CONSERVATORI | RIC V 92cA

Ooh, I studied the Bangka and Kalimantan Kongsis (Mostly the Lanfang Republic) a while back, didn't know they actually minted coins! How do you know which community it belongs to?

I wasn't thinking about getting one while I wrote this but... I ended up getting a new Victoria Aurelian | 270-275 | Denarius | Billon | Rome | IMP AVRELIANVS AVG | VICTORIA AVG (RIC V 73) Some rough surfaces but definitely a great addition to my collection.

Don't have the budget for any of these but these three are my favourite. Mostly rare types I had never seen: Sole Reign Gallienus Quinarius (260-268) Valerius Valens AE Nummus (Co-Emperor of Licinius) Merovingian Tremissis in the name of Phocas

Some very nice Victorias being posted here, thanks to everyone who participates!

As an Imperial Roman Collector, I've always thought Victories to be the most "typical" or "representative" reverse of the Late Empire. An Empire in a downwards spiral towards its untimely demise, while Victories were sparse, this didn't stop the Emperors from claiming their glory in the form of coinage. I also enjoy the type of Victory as it's maintained since the very beginning of the Empire to the last "Latin" Byzantine coins, giving us collectors many centuries to choose from when looking for a Victory. This said, I have to show here my earliest (not really that early, I have to admit) and my latest Victories: Postumus | 261 | Antoninianus | Treveris | IMP C POSTVMVS P*F* AVG | VICTORIA AVG (RIC V 89) Theodosius I 383-394 | AE4 | Antioch | D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG | SALVS REIPVBLICAE (RIC IX 67) And finally, a comparison of the sizes of both coins: I cheated a bit, given how the coin of Theodosius doesn't have the reverse legend "Victoria Avg(g)(g)" but I thought it was neat. As a symbol usually used to represent peace, "Salus Reipublicae" now shows the dire state of the empire, showing itself with a cautive and a trophy, helping reinforce the idea that Victory for Rome was at hand. What's your earliest and latest Victory?

Those are some nice Philip busts, each with its own regional quirk. The Seleucia Pieria Tetradrachm though, that's gorgeous on its own right.

Everyone has to start from somewhere. I see your Crusty Constantius and I raise you my Barbarous Claudius II Consecratio.

We all know about Silver coins, they've been used for thousands of years, even since the dawn of coinage. We all also know about Copper and Bronze coins. They're Silver's less popular cousin, having much less value overall. Then, what happens when the treasury runs out of silver for whatever reason and the government is left with only Bronze and Copper? (Definitely not stolen by government officials) Well... It's time to start washing those Coppers with some Silver. Let the people think nothing happened to the coins, even if the silver starts peeling off for some reason after several transactions. This said, ancient people often hoarded these Silverwashed coins, perhaps for times when there wasn't enough Silver even to hide the fact there was no silver. This means that many have arrived to our days with their silvering intact, left for us to marvel at the apparent lack of value, yet still valued by collectors! Post some of your favourite Fully or Partially silvered coins in this thread for everyone to enjoy! This one is my only fully Silvered coin. A deal found on Ebay. It shows Emperor Aurelian (270-275), one of the ancient masters of Silverwashing. On the reverse there's Sol Invictus, his primary God, with the inscription ORIENS AVG. The mint mark: SXXT, shows us where the coin comes from and its actual value from. In this case it comes from the Second Mint at Ticinum and it's valued at a 20:1 ratio (XX to I), showing that there was around 5% silver in the coin if counting the silvering layer shown in the picture. Truly, an improvement from previous emperors. What's your favourite Silvered coin?

That's a great coin. A spoiler of the long necks that were to come in the future. Also really nice quadriga.

Great coin! Later Gold is indeed cheaper but equally as interesting as early Gold.

I am an Imperial Romans guy, however, after I saw this one I couldn't help it but grab it as it was very cheap. Leo VI + Alexander, 886-912, Bronze Follis. Really liked the full body representation, with two figures shown at the same time but making it clear who is the better emperor Spoiler alert: Alexander sucked. I need to take better pics of this one 😀

Own all of Asterix comics, even the new ones, never really stopped to look at the coins other than on a surface level although given there's one whole comic about earning coins, I'd say they'd be careful not to add, idk, Siliquae.

The second provincial gives me some Gallienus vibes for some reason, not used to that style for Macrinus. Really good catch overall.

That's a great face! Really well creafted beard too.

1. Constantine XI 2. Constantine X Doukas 3. Alexius III 4. Theodore II Laskaris

This forum thread is great. Have had a few laughs already looking at these. 😁

Do it, and I will fail to guess them... again.

I came from Reddit to the Discord and from the Discord to here, and I've honestly had a blast in all three sites, with the Reddit being the most barebones of the three because of its basic Social Network appearance.

To be honest, I remembered when you posted that exact coin in a previous thread so I cheated a little bit.

Tetricus with Pax Avg Reverse I got for 5 cents at a flea market. Really really sad but a Tetricus is a Tetricus. Next: Another Peace on the reverse

Really good post! Parma Probus is one of the best obverses for Probus given how much historical significance and rarity it has. Just got this Probus myself on the mail today! Another one to my ever growing Probus collection. Probusposters, assemble!