The coins we call "argentei" started out c. 294 with good silver. By 310 they were no longer issued. The story and types are discussed here:...
By my username you might think I like coins of Valentinian, and you'd be right! Here is a complete list of his AE, with most illustrated:...
Tranquillina was married in 241 to the boy-emperor Gordian III (238-244) by her father, Timesitheus, who ancient historians have lauded as an...
No legible letters is not the same as no letters. That type has a Trajan legend like this: [ATTACH]
We've seen lots of coins with very many letters. Naturally, I looked at my Trajan pieces to see if I had any with many letters per millimeter....
That is an excellent rare find. I have one for Theodosius on this page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/type24.html I classified it with the...
I started this thread Feb. 3 about a Feb. 1 Spanish auction because I thought that 40 euros for shipping a 100-euro-hammer-price coin was too...
I'm a big fan of Maximinus Thrax. His coins are unusually well-struck--perhaps some of the best produced from the entire empire. I wrote about his...
When an ancient coin shows doubling the thought that leaps to mind is "double strike." The die bounced a bit on the strike or maybe it was...
@panzerman , what it its diameter?
A problem with gold forecasts is pretty much the same as other investment forecasts. The people making the videos and forecasts are usually deep...
Thank you very much for pointing that out. I should have made it clear I was writing about late Roman imperial coins when I wrote my statement...
I have a web page on this type: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/MATRI/ Here is the first example on that page: [ATTACH] Faustina II Sestertius,...
Here is my "N": [ATTACH] Gallienus, 253-268 20 mm. 2.65 grams. NEPTVNO CONS AVG Hippocamp right, N below. (This "N" looks like an "N" whereas...
A friend recently gifted me this nice Byzantine coin of Constantine VII. It legends are stronger than usual. Only a very small fraction are nicer...
"decrepit great rarity or EF common coin?" We can make this a fairer question if we stipulate equal dollar value at the high end of some (your)...
[ATTACH] Here is my Hormazd II (302-309) 28 mm. 3.83 grams. Look at the elaborate crown with eagle's head projecting from the front. Sellwood...
I don't think of it as nefarious. Suppose you want to sell a nice collection of coins you assembled over many years, but you want to leave your...
When I buy I am usually careful to check the cost of shipping in advance. I made a mistake by not asking for a particular cost in advance from...
This will keep you interested for weeks or months: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html
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