Very nice. He has a very pleasing portrait even when worn, unlike many of the other 1-2 century emperors. I only have one coin of Antoninus Pius...
Nice coin. You can't go wrong for $30. Septimius Severus is very accessible. I seem to acquire his coins even though I'm not looking for them....
How big is it (across the widest section)? I agree it looks pretty good if it is barbarous. The legends are even correct! Barbarous coins are...
They minted platinum coins for circulation from 1828 to 1845 under Nicholas I (1825-1855) but they were 3, 6 and 12 ruble coins (10.36g, 20.71g...
Last week, Spink held the much-delayed auction of The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins. Dr Abramson is a well-known expert on early...
I have coins from Roman hoards found from the 1860s onwards. They didn't keep great records, although if someone knowledgeable was involved they...
The fifth (last) one looks like this Qing 1 cash from Guangxu, 1890-1895 (Hartill 22.1335; Y 190) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6817.html...
Quite often eBay puts the Best Offer option on your listings without you asking for it. They just unilaterally change your listings after a while...
I can certainly provide a poorly-photographed Mars... This time with Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius, Denarius 173-174 [ATTACH] Rome. Silver,...
I agree it's a 270-280s barbarous radiate. It probably is meant to be Tetricus I or II, although I suppose it could very easily be Claudius II....
Along with Wild West outlaws and Georgian highwaymen, pirates are the violent criminals we love. Influenced by fictional characters like Long John...
Perhaps it was to do with the weight. As others have said, in more modern times there were similarly huge copper coins because people were used to...
Very tricky. So many issues look just like it and they rarely have clear legends. Based on what I can make out of the reverse legend (reverse in...
Technically, you could accept a Roman coin now as payment if you wanted to. I would! But in terms of what was in general circulation, hoards give...
I too got my first 'ancients' at Petra in Jordan. If I remember correctly they were terrible fakes - huge lumps of metal that I think were...
I can offer one of the poor-quality billon antoniniani.. Gallienus Antoninianus, 259 [ATTACH] Samosata. Billon, 22mm, 2.62g. IMP C P LIC...
That's a very interesting coin. I haven't seen an overstruck Romano-British coin. Presumably Victorinus was fair game by that point, being an...
Often a coin’s description ends with a comment such as ‘Rarity: 3’ or even just ‘R3’. Almost as often there’s no indication of what this means....
There are quite a lot in Russia, although we're moving into modern here. Ivan III the Great Denga, 1478-1505 [ATTACH] Novgorod. Silver, 0.76g....
This one is also an early Maximian from London, minted by Carausius (who much preferred Pax). Maximian I Antoninianus, 286-293 [ATTACH] London....
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