The shops at Sardis were destroyed around 617 A.D. (possibly by Persians). In the ruins, thousands of coins were found by archaeologists. Lots...
Very interesting write-up, as always Jochen. That Lysimachos tetradrachm is spectacular. I hope this is somewhat in keeping with the topic - a...
Welcome to the world of ancients. I like your approach to collecting - I'd be interested to see some of your other purchases/stories.
Here's RIC 1620 (with torch)... [ATTACH] Faustina II Æ Sestertius (161- 176 A.D.) Rome Mint FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right /...
Interesting example of tooling. I find these posts instructive, although sometimes I feel the more tooling I see the more confused I get in...
Nice one. I have one, but in very poor condition: [ATTACH] Probus Æ Antoninianus (c. 278-280 A.D.) Rome Mint IMP PROBVS PF AVG,...
Not an expert at all, but I also have noticed a recent abundance of Mark Antony legionary denarii on eBay with that same flat, pressed look...
Welcome to Coin Talk! That's a nice Maurice Tiberius follis - here is one of mine: [ATTACH] Maurice Tiberius Æ Follis Year 7 (588-589...
Great write-up as always, RC. I have a "bargain" version of the more common right-facing bust. [ATTACH] Faustina I...
Nice start to a Greek collection - those are nice. I have a very low grade example of that Metropolis AE - same magistrate even! [ATTACH]...
Great write-up as always, Jochen1. Here's a worn example of the OP: [ATTACH] Autonomous / Augustus Æ 17 Actian Year 44 (13-14 A.D.) Antioch,...
That does seem high - I was under the impression that this was fairly common? Here is my low-grade RIC 1146A: [ATTACH] Faustina I Æ...
Here's a photo of a small and large follis of Anastasius - I have since upgraded, but these are the only comparison photos I had. The size is...
I do enjoy these "bargain" threads - nice coins posted. Here's a rather scarce Hadrian Dupondius ("laureate") type. I could only find two...
Very interesting information on Asklepios and his stuff - here are two more I got in a lot of over-cleaned Provincials last fall. Both show...
I am interested to see how your new focus on Domitian goes - I don't think his coins are boring at all and I enjoy looking at them. There are a...
Here's a CNG auction with the same "Vesuvius" information - I'd still like to find out more about how this idea came about - it sure is...
Nice one, Orfew. I have a worn example. My notes below give a possible reason behind the reverse design - via FORVM. [ATTACH] Domitian...
I cannot find any torches for Antoninus Pius AEs with the altar and snake (and therefore presumably Salus). RIC 761 is fairly common (rudder) and...
Great write-up as always, RC. I hope I'm not too far off-topic here, but the rudder on Roman coins is also used for Salus, so I just found out....
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