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Licinius I AE Follis, 21mm, 3.18g Siscia mint: 315-316. Obv.:IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG; Laureate head right. Reverse.: IOVI CON-SERVATORI; Jupiter...
Hey friends, I just won this ant of Tetricus, my first. In some ways, it doesn't represent the vast majority of these coins as it's well-struck on...
Hello friends. I checked into the Gettysburg Show yesterday and spent a few hours examining about a hundred ancient coins, which was quite...
Another nice little Greek bronze. I think I'll clean up the obverse just a bit - get some of the dirt off poor old Mithridates' face. Amisos,...
Hey friends, I don't often collect Greek coins, that is, coins of Greek colonies - typically the pieces in the grades I want are out of my budget....
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Hey friends, I've been having some fun with chemistry lately. I decided to conserve some of my older world coins, so here are some before and...
I got quite a doozy from Thailand today... [ATTACH] But wait, that's only one side, lol... [ATTACH] These sellers have turned me into a de...
I just acquired a handful of modern notes from Myanmar. (There is an ongoing controversy about this name change - it is not accepted by many...
Thanks in advance for looking. :) I really have a tough time discerning between wear and strike weakness on these. [ATTACH]
An important video for anyone who collects these. [MEDIA]
Siberian Man has made threads for practically every country, but I didn't find these. And since we've been discussing the plastic coins of...
A very fine presentation, worth a look... Forty Maps That Explain The Roman Empire
For those unfamiliar with Roman provincial coins that commemorate games and festivals, I've included a brief excerpt from Barclay Head's Historia...
I've posted my AE type set of Rabbel II before, but recently cherry-picked a coin that I thought I might never come across. Rabbel ascended the...
Has anyone been to this show in the past? Is it worth going to if you collect ancients?
This isn't a new coin, but a new photograph coupled with an interpretation of the reverse design I discovered in a numismatic tract called...
This thread is inspired by Randy's earlier post of an AE of Augustus from Colonia Patricia. This coin arrived today, courtesy of FORVM. It's an...
One of the things I appreciate about collecting Roman coins is the seemingly endless engraving varieties. Here's a very common follis of...
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