Some types are famous. Do you recognize this one? [ATTACH] Denarius. 18 mm. PONTIF MAXIM This reverse type is famous because it is on the...
The ancients forum has a thread Post a coin related to an actual historical event! at...
Yesterday I added some $5-$15 ancient coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html and today I added five more. Shipping is $2 in...
We have had many threads that mentioned wolf-and-twins coins. Most are common Roman imperial types. Here is a Roman provincial: [ATTACH]...
I have added many coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Some are on the Byzantine page: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html...
Here is a Byzantine coin of an unusual denomination, 30. Most early Byzantine AE coins are 40 (M or XXXX), 20 (K or XX), 10 (I or X), 5 (Є or V)...
This coin arrived today from Europe, which confirms shipments are still coming. It is interesting to me because I have been studying the...
Fractional folles, sometimes called "quinarii," were minted c. 290 to c. 326. Most have vota types. There are over 200 varieties, but most...
I bought an unidentified Byzantine trachy (cup-shaped coin) on eBay. Like many late Byzantine trachy, the flan has problems. It is bent and has a...
Gordian III was about 13 years old when he became emperor in 238. Sometimes he really does look young. This coin is from 240, when he was about 15...
The boy-riding-dolphin type of Taras (= Tarentum, on the inside of the heel of Italy's boot) is very well known and comes with many varieties. We...
I had collected late Roman coins quite a few years before I got my first siliqua. I was, and am, a big fan of late Roman AE, but I didn't expect...
Recently I announced a new educational web site on the coins of the First Tetrarchy (Diocletian, Maximian, etc,):...
I just added two more pages to my site "Introduction to Roman coins of the First Tetrarchy": http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/ which I...
I am announcing a new educational site, "Introduction to Roman Coins of the First Tetrarchy: Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, and Galerius."...
I just changed my avatar to the obverse of this follis of Diocletian which is a new acquisition. The reverse type is very common, but the obverse...
We all know that coins in better condition cost more--sometimes a lot more. Not long ago we had a thread in which a US nickel in MS68+ was $25,000...
Sometimes I have two coins of the same type and I reduce them to one by passing along the second. But, sometimes they have differences which make...
For many years I have paid attention to early Christian symbols on Roman coins. I have a website on them:...
As you may know, I have a web site on all the types of late Roman AE from Valentinian to Valentinian III and Theodosius II (364-450)....
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