I agree. And I keep finding it interesting to study coins that I can’t afford too. There’s always something new to learn. The «how much is it...
Congratulations! A great new addition, and thanks for a good write-up. Here’s an image of known coin types from Eirik Bloodaxe:...
I received these three yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was really happy with all 3. The two bronze coins were better in hand than on...
Attaboy, Curtis. Looks like a coin that has been cleaned using olive oil, or what do you think?
For those who aren’t familiar with it already, Aaron Berk and Mike Nottelman of Harlan J. Berk have been producing and broadcasting a podcast...
I was wondering about that too; if the over strike of the reverse was with an obverse die.
Nice. Is this a type with portraits on both sides? Have you been able to identify it?
Congrats on the Vitellius! Always nice to have one with Latin inscription. I only have one Vitellius: [ATTACH] Vitellius. 69 A.D. AR Denarius....
Agreed. It’s mysterious. I think we can consider some factors: - more hoards illegally smuggled from countries in the Middle East from countries...
There are a lot of German coins that I like, from medieval bracteats to Weimar Republic silver coins, but I just have to leave them be. It’s such...
Congrats on the upgrade, Victor. A very nice one. I downloaded your thesis on Constantine I today, by the way. Interesting and informative work!
That struck me too: Not exact die matches but very close. We may be fooled by the Eumenia sample being struck off center, though.
It seems likely that one can transpose the tradition of festival coins to at least parts of the imperial era. Victor Clark mentions this on his...
Year two. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Hadrian%20Alexandria&page=3
It’s not hard to understand the argument for this being a US coin, especially with USA written all over it, but at the same time there are so many...
Is it possible that this may be festival coins? I was looking into 2nd-1st century BC tetradrachms from Troas, Abydos a couple of months ago. It...
Not an expert on Alexandrian coins, but it looks like Hadrian to me. Those who know Alexandria coins better: Do you think the portrait style...
My ancestors called Constantinople «Miklagard», which means «large town». They had already been visiting London for a couple of hundred years by...
It’s always good to see English speaking people having this insight. I guess @paschka lives quite a lot closer to old Byzants than any English...
I really enjoy the Ancient Coin Podcast. I prefer when you talk about anything except prices, and usually I have looked through all the upcoming...
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