Just won this lot in the Solidus auction. Yes, I know they are not in perfect condition. However, I wanted the spear type solidus of Justinian and...
I will be quite happy to add this to my 12 Caesar's collection. It is a denarius of Vespasian minted in Tarraco. The new RIC II, 1 lists this as...
I started collecting ancient coins in April of 2015. Before I bought my first coin, I read about the historical eras as well as about the coins...
After looking at @Gil-galad's webpage I thought I might be nice to have a thread where we could all post our websites for easy reference purposes....
Yes it is a Christmas gift, but I had to order it for her. Ed Waddell will be sending this by FedEx so I get it before Christmas. Here it is, an...
Okay, these will have to do until Triton (there are a couple I am interested in). I bought the first one, a solidus of Constans II for 2 reasons....
Inspired by the several threads on medieval coins, I post this coin of Charles VII as Dauphin before he became king. I have posted it before but...
Well once again Doug has been proven wise concerning the possibility that some of us may have posted too soon. It turns out that I bought another...
Since others seem to be posting coins that did not make their top 10 I thought I would pile on. Here are 10 coins that did not make the top 10...
This was a very difficult process this year. I had to make some brutal decision to get this down to a top 10. There are many others that deserve...
I just won this semissis a few minutes ago an I could not wait to post it. It appears to be quite a scarce coin. I found the following examples:...
Just won this in a Canadian auction. I have wanted a piece of French hammered gold for a while and I really liked the look of this one. Now the...
Hi all, I have 2 older editions of beginner's books for new collectors of ancient coins. The first book is the 1981 edition of David Sear's Roman...
Just won this one from CNG. They had an amazing collection of coins of Timur or Tamerlane. I have wanted a coin of his for a while so I grabbed...
I just bought one of these from an auction. This will be my 15th gold coin. I have a 1915 restrike of Franz Joseph, but I want an original coin,...
Just won this dinar of Al-Mansur. It is clipped so it is a bit light, but I really wanted a coin from this historical figure. From Wikipedia:...
I saw this on the Naville site a few ays ago and I really liked the look of it. I just received notice from Naville that I was the winning bidder....
This past week Sincona out of Switzerland held a multi-part auction. I managed to win both of my targets. One is these wins was a ...wait for...
Hi all, As I was researching my newest acquisition, a quarter noble of Edward III, I came across this resource on the identification of hammered...
I have been wanting a hammered gold coin for some time. It just so happens this king was also on my historical figures list, so I grabbed it. I...
Separate names with a comma.
