The US was not on a silver standard. The silver content of some coins was a historical remnant without any consequence. The US was on a gold...
Some US coins retained a silver content into the 1970s, but that was just tradition. The US was not on the silver standard. Instead, the US had...
It is, for the debasing government, its agencies and everybody close to the government. As the new money disperses throughout the economy it...
Lot 180 also struck me as odd, but given the provenance to 1988, I'm inclined to think that it is just a particularly strange Lyon style coin.
Interesting discussion. I’m a central bank economist, so these questions a close to my heart. 1. Q: Why have ancient governments debased their...
It was in my watch list, but I didn't bid, because I had my eyes set on the Elagabalus Antoninian, which I showed earlier. Congratulations to a...
We discussed the recent Lansky auction. We concluded that the coins were on the whole genuine. However, has anybody looked the actual prices. They...
I think the name form “Heliogabalus” is the least preferable for Marcus Aurelius Antoninus called Elagabalus. He identified as the god Elagabalus...
Same here. I never liked the term Aurelianus. The article of 1974 by Daniel Sperber discusses an inscription that refers to the time of...
The coin above is really remarkable. Why would somebody imitate an Alexander Severus Antoninian, if such a denomination did not exist? The dies...
That is a great group: 1. Is clearly a Visigothic solidus minted at Toulouse. The littel pellet or courone above the Emperor's head distinguishes...
Difficult to say. Here is another Solidus in the name of Zeno from my collection. The style is superbe. It is said to have been minted under...
Here is a Solidus in the name of Zeno, which was minted either by Odovacer or Theoderic. [ATTACH]
You have already dug out more on this than I have. I got this from the German Wikipedia entry on the Antoninian. It does not provide any detail,...
Yes, sorry, what was I thinking? CGB.fr is a French auction house and certainly not to be confused with CNG.
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