We have had a thread on Roman coins with long legends: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-coin-with-the-longest-legend.330700/ It includes...
Here is a large silver tridrachm of Hadrian with an unusual god and his unusual representation: [ATTACH] Hadrian, 25-24 mm. 10.30 grams. (Some...
The radiate aureliani (antoniniani) of Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, and Galerius originally had surface silvering. In many cases it is long...
I suppose you know there are people who oppose ancient-coin collecting. They have some political power and repeatedly ask for collecting to be...
I have a page of links to web sites about ancient coins. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html It is not intended to be complete, rather it...
I am announcing my new educational site on barbarous radiates of the Gallo-Roman empire (259-274 CE):...
Today got a splendid newly released book in the mail, Portraits: 400 years of Hellenistic Portraits, by Andreas Pangerl. A few years ago I got his...
Here is a cute AE4 of Arcadius (383-408). It is only 14 mm and 1.62 grams. [ATTACH] DN ARCADIVS PF AVG pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust...
I was asked to recommend a book or books on Byzantine coins. He wrote, "I have been OK using the internet but book(s) are easier on the eye." I...
Look for them at the top of my page: http://augustuscoins.com/Tetrarchy.html where you can find many more coins and my terms of sale, with...
I encourage serious collectors to join the ANS (American Numismatic Society) and support its good work with their dues. I have been asked, what...
I have educational web sites on the period of Diocletian (284-305) and later. Several have been announced over the last year, including one on...
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I added some coins just now: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Domitian and Philip II are on this page:...
Here is my page of Greek coins: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html It is now organized by metal, with a few high-quality coins separated out...
One coin type that was often imitated in ancient times was the very common ancient coin "soldier spearing fallen horseman" (SSFH) with legend FEL...
Fourrés are ancient counterfeits of silver coins (or gold coins) made by wrapping a thin silver (gold) foil around a base metal (usually copper)...
I am announcing a new web page on types with GENIO in the legend during and after the period of the First Tetrarchy (The First Tetrarchy was from...
I added a dozen Roman coins today to the top of http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Also, I reduced the prices on almost all the unsold coins on...
When Septimius Severus died at York, Britain, in 211, his sons Caracalla (Augustus since 198) and Geta (Augustus since 209) were there and soon...
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