Contemporary copies from unofficial mints are very well known for this era, but usually you see copies of the "VLPP's" which, evidently, were the...
I'm too new here to know whether it's considered "kosher" to post links to - or even to name - auctions in progress, but if anyone finds this...
Your Constantine reminded me of this Hadrian Alexandria Tetradrachm I picked up for $5 or so some years ago. It always made me think of him...
I have been dismayed in recent years to see what are obviously "improved" large Æs - primarily sestertii - at or above a certain arbitrary level...
They operate on the principle that many, many people are seeking something solid and stable in their otherwise fitfully turbulent lives. In fact,...
Doug, Unfortunately, given the deliberate dumbing-down of education over the last generation, it may well take another whole generation - or more...
Cobs were minted in mainland Spain, too. Evidently, a combination of crude instrumentation and a need to quantify enormous amounts of silver...
The cluster of arrows & bow in this style is pretty much unique to the Spanish issues. I would take issue with calling it a "cob", though. The...
That 354 date must be some sort of typo. The VRBS and CONSTANTINOPOLIS pieces, as well as the GLORIA EXRCITVS soldiers and standard(s) as well as...
Out of an irrational fear that "satanists" might contrive to hide a piece of the communion host (bread) and smuggle it out of the church for use...
US coins are not my metier, I'm an ancients guy, but I believe that I was told by one of my more US-obsessed friends that the "Zincolns" (great...
Wow! FIFTY-FIVE pages in this thread and you haven't gotten any farther back than 1878? That's modern World to be sure. To put it in perspective,...
The Russians had a long-standing practice of creating official copies of their own rare types. Called "Novodels", they typically predate the...
The Krause SCWC catalog(s) is(are) a great ID resource, but I would trust the real world accuracy of the "prices" quoted less than I would trust...
Just a suggestion for those using the cardboard and mylar "huggers" that might make them more practical for some people to use: find a pair of...
Ancient coins, even the token denominations which had no relationship to the values of precious metals, almost NEVER had marks of denomination. A...
It's a well known cast reproduction - I have owned several which were precisely the same over the years as I have built and dispersed "black cabinets"
I must take issue with the title of this thread. While photography is a crucial enabling factor for carrying on numismatic pursuits on the...
However, you need to be careful because the play changes significantly if it turns out there's already a man on third...
Since it's Crispus, it can be no later than 326. Without digging around in some books, it's hard to be more precise than that - particularly since...
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