@dougsmit wrote me "It struck me we need a list indexing 'goto' online references sorted by emperor/period. CNG 204 is good for Carausius." He...
Alan Walker, of the firm Nomos, has written about ancient coins and archaeology in e-mails announcing upcoming sales:...
Here are some tiny Greek silver fractions: [ATTACH] 9-8 mm. 1.02 grams. Lion's head left/stellate pattern Miletos, Ionia, c.550-500 BC. [$24]...
We have already discussed the portraits of Elagabalus (218-22) with the "horn" unique to his portraits....
Here is a beautiful, large, Greek stater from Sikyon in the Peloponnessos, only 30 miles west of Corinth. [ATTACH] 26-25 mm. 11.93 grams. Chimera...
Here is a remarkable "Turkoman bronze": [ATTACH] Nasr al-Din Artuq Arslan, 597-637 AH, AD 1201-1239. Large. 29-28 mm. 11.15 grams. Turkish male...
This came yesterday. [ATTACH] It is 26 mm and 7.25 grams. A follis (M = 40, for 40-nummia) of Byzantine emperor Phocas (AD 602-610) minted at...
Under the Roman Republic there were yearly elections. Two types of denarii have voting scenes and this is one. It is far more explicit as to what...
I just added six coins of the Roman procurators of Judea onto this page: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html They are in Hendin's book on...
I have been working on a site about the quadrans denomination of Roman imperial coins. Here it is: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/ Note...
Last night a friend wrote me that CNG had books in their next sale closing in two weeks and he was thinking of bidding on X and what did I think...
Here are a few ancients for sale. If you are interested, please compare prices elsewhere and you will find that for these types is these...
Here is a denarius of Aquilia Severa, the second wife of Elagabalus (218-22). It has a clear name and nice portrait with nice reverse detail. It...
I am a member of the ANS and today they sent me an e-mail advertising a publication that will be out in a month (that usually means two months):...
Here are several inexpensive ancient coins. [ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117. Dupondius. 25 mm. [$10] [ATTACH] Macrinus 217-218. (only 16 months) 26 mm....
Most articles on imitations say they copied types but did not introduce new ones. Furthermore, copies tend to be of common types in proportion to...
It is amazing that genuine ancient coins can be bought so cheaply. Enjoy! [ATTACH] Claudius II 268-270 IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing with club...
Ancient coin collectors often think US collectors care far too much about tiny differences in design, elevating prices of some minor varieties to...
I got this massive (8" x 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" thick) 3-volume series, The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium inexpensively. A casual glance through it...
Here are new coins not yet on my site. If you like them, please compare prices elsewhere. [ATTACH] This is a small AE version of the common...
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