By doing this, you are actually treating your coins for bronze disease, and hopefully curing them of it. It might not be necessary, but you won't...
Nice coin. Congratulations. There's something pretty powerful about holding a coin depicting such an important historical figure. Sometimes those...
Fortuna, seated left?
Or you could use that coin as the beginning of a Constantine Dynasty set.
If you look at the letters of the obverse inscription, you'll see that the spaces between them are pretty dark. The entire coin was that dark at...
My guess is the "Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5" had a huge impact on the price. With modern coins, investors are buying the grade rather than the coin....
Seems like this should be a fairly common coin, but so far I have been unable to find another example of it online. I'd like to figure out the...
New coins are constantly being dug up and added to the market, but the majority of ancient coins are acquired through wheeling and dealing between...
Although it's pretty worn, there's still enough detail on the obverse portrait of this provincial to see a clear difference between this depiction...
That's cheating. Thanks. I'll go with Philip I then.
This coin is from Antioch, in Pisidia. I found an example on the Wildwinds page for Philip I, referenced to Mionnet 89, so I assume that's how it...
Which also explains why auction closing prices are lower.
Generally, I avoid dealers who sell mostly modern coins but who occasionally sell an ancient or two. There may be exceptions, but as a rule these...
I've been selling coins on eBay for over 20 years. In the past I've auctioned them off with $.99 opening bids and no reserves. (I'm dating myself;...
80 milligrams? That's not a coin. That's an allergy pill.
There is so much stylistic variation that I don't think style alone can differentiate between mints with a coin this tiny. There's a two-year...
Might as well pile on to my own invitation: [ATTACH] Hannibalianus Rex Regnum, A.D. 335-337 (Bronze) AE3/4 Constantinople mint, A.D. 335-336 Obv:...
I just wanted to share this sestertius-sized provincial from Antioch of Severus Alexander. I received it in a group lot about a month ago, but...
I suppose it would not take much wear to lose 0.05-0.10g of silver. So at 0.13g, it's probably safe to call this a tetartemorion. Here's the...
Thing seems to be some confusion about the mint for the tiny AR tetartemorion with the roaring head of the lion on the obverse (facing either...
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