Hey @dougsmit , that was a good recommendation. I watched it and think it has good advice. He didn't mention CoinTalk, but money spent on coins...
We remember Augustus two thousand years later. The Roman remembered him frequently under Tiberius and occasionally thereafter. Here is a page with...
Last time I paid immediately with Wise.com (Leu gets it within a day) and my coins arrived to Oregon 18 days later. They must have hundreds of...
I have a web site "Barbarous Radiates: Unofficial coins of the Gallo-Roman empire struck AD 259-274"...
This one is an unlisted variety of Justin and Justinian. The type without a cross above the head is rare, but published. This one differs...
Thinking very mathematically, with a two-pan balance one can confirm all integer weights up to 13 with weights of 1, 3, and 9. For example, 2...
The family of Carus makes an interesting collecting mini-theme. Here is a web site that explains how the coins are organized chronologically and...
I wonder what the point of a nine-solidus weight would be. The chances of anyone having 9 solidi would be close to nil. Mathematically, I don't...
Today my local library had a book sale. I picked up most the books related to antiquity and the middle ages: [ATTACH] They ought to keep me...
Me, too. I use esnipe.com for all my eBay bids. If I win something, and I sometimes do, it will be in the last few seconds. They charge 1% for...
I made a point of collecting Eudocia's AE types (all two!) and wrote up her story: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/Eudoxia.html Here is the...
That is an impressive group of ants with imperial mantles. I like to see thoughtfully assembled collections. I have the companion piece to the...
This is reversed. It was 4.2 DM = $1. In 1954 1 DM was 0.24 US dollar.
I wonder if, from the orientation of the leaves of the wreath, the reverse is upside down?
I just got Diocletian (286-305) antoninianus (or "aurelianus") from the vcoins site of @Victor_Clark . It's a beauty, with Diocletian radiate...
Here is a Republican coin with 9 written additively on both sides. [ATTACH] Denarius. 18 mm. 3.70 grams. C. Mari C.F. Capit (C. Marius C.f....
Recently I was approached by a friend about trading a rare coin I have for a rare coin he has. I decided not to do it, but not because the dollar...
@dougsmit noted some FEL TEMP REPARATIO coins of different sizes. Here are four photographed together. [ATTACH] Constantius II (324-337-361),...
That coin is a pentanummia, a 5-nummi piece, with officina B = 2, not a 10-nummi piece.
All coins of the type and nearby Sear issues use theta. I don't think it has anything to do with a year. It is part of an "immobilized" type and...
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