I wonder how many of us are young? If you collect ancient coins and are under 30, let us know.
Here is a small Greek fractional silver from Ephesos with the usual symbols of the city, the bee and stags (stags are associated with Diana, and...
In the Church calendar this time of year is called "Advent." Advent is "the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas and...
Copper coins of Valentinian I (AD 364-375) are some of the most common ancient coins of all. It is easy to find inexpensive AE3's in excellent...
Valentinian III, AD 425-455, issued copper coins that are almost all small AE4s, ill struck, and ugly. Nevertheless, you might want to see what he...
The internet is wonderful. I just got this tiny Greek fraction: It is only 6-5 mm and 0.255 grams. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] We have frequently noted the...
It is hard to find a pleasing portrait of Theodosius II (AD 402-450) in copper. Most of his copper types are poorly engraved, poorly struck, and...
Today there was an auction of fine furniture, antique silverware, etc. with, in the middle, 10 multiple-coin lots of ancient coins from Roman...
This note is about changes to the second link about molds (below). I have a site on ancient imitations: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ We have...
Here is an AE2 of the roman empress Aelia Flaccilla (wife of Theodosius who reigned 379-395). [ATTACH] AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG SALVS REI-PVBLICAE...
[ATTACH] I greet you at the door! Happy Halloween! Troas, Abydos, 10 mm obol. c. 480-450 BC. [ATTACH] Eagle standing left, wings closed....
Phocas was Byzantine emperor 602-610. His coins spell his name "FOCA" but modern historians spell it with "Ph" for "F". Some of his coins are...
There is a book on the Roman coins of the quinarius denomination "Roman Quinarii From the Republic to Diocletian and the Tetrarchy" by Cathy King....
Here is an educational website of mine on the unusual copper Byzantine coins of Anastasius, Justin, and Justinian that have a cross above the...
I imagine just about every Roman emperor has been discussed more than once here, and I started a thread on Jovian one time when I got an AE3....
If you bought a coin years ago what would it cost now if it tracked inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index? I created an Excel file to...
In another thread on Christian-themed coins the site of the Twin Cites Ancient Coin Club was mentioned:...
I have been collecting for a long time and somehow failed to get a portrait of Agrippina Junior until now. I found one at a non-ancient dealer at...
This article, dated today, says a hoard of 518 late third century Roman coins was found at Leominster in July 2013 but just announced by the...
I made a web page listing web sites where you can buy ancient coins. If you want to spend a lot of time looking at obscure ancient-coin-sale...
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