I have an acquaintance who lives an hour from Denver who has expressed some interest in ancient coins. He has some already, but is alone and not...
Not many ancient coins have images drawn in perspective. Most obverses are heads in profile. Some special Greek coins are heads "3/4 facing" which...
[ATTACH] Valentinian II, 375-392 AE2. GLORIA ROMANORVM Emperor in galley left, Victory at helm. 378-388 22 mm. 4:00. 4.75 grams RIC Antioch...
I have abut 30 Roman provincial coins for sale on this page: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/RomanProvincial.html Today I put up new pictures...
Late Roman AE was very commonly imitated in the Constantinian era. However, imitations of Valentinian through Honorius are not so commonly...
One way to show that a ruler was junior was to depict him with an unbroken legend and a small head: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Constantine II, 317-337-340...
My friend DC, now nearly 90 years old, collected early Christian types from the fourth C. AD. He went to shows decades ago when hoard coins were...
I have numerous important and interesting ancient-coin references for sale. All were previously priced better than anywhere else and today I...
I like ancient imitations. I just got this imitation tetradrachm of Athens [ATTACH] 24-23 mm. 11:00 die axis. 18.78 grams. Cast. The photo does...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] RO-MA Commemorative struck 330 AD at Constantinople. Extremely rare, RIC VIII Constantinople 104 "R4" (2-3 known to RIC). 15...
Here are two fifth century rarities. Valentinian III, AE2, RIC X 461 "R4" (only 2-3 known to RIC X) [ATTACH] 22 mm (Really large for the time)....
Again the US government is considering restricting the import of Greek coins. We are given a chance to comment until May 5. (See the link on the...
If you continue to collect ancient coins long enough, you can complete some mini-theme collections of special interest to you. Some day in the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Marc Antony and Octavian, fourree denarius. 18-17 mm. 2.97 grams. prototype 41 BC, mint moving with Antony. Crawford 517/2....
I have added some interesting and valuable ancient-coin books to my site: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/numislit.html [This first time I...
I have a friend, Dan Clark, who collected early Byzantine copper coins with the unusual feature that above the normal bust right was a cross not...
I see that as of yesterday (March 24, 2016) acsearch.com https://www.acsearch.info/ no longer gives prices realized without a paying subscription...
I have added a "type set" page http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type7i.html on the AE coins of Procopius (AD 365-366) to my educational site on...
Theodosius II (402-450) is a late Roman emperor hard to come by in good shape. I have collected them for decades and am passing some along:...
I have a page of "Greek" coins for sale: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Greek.html I lowered the prices substantially, so if you collect...
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