[ATTACH] Here is a Procopius (365-366 AD) AE3 of Nicomedia. Procopius was formerly rare (R2 or rarer in RIC, published long ago), but is at most...
Some Roman imperial reverse types are unique to particular emperors. I added one to my "unique" page:...
I was contacted by a man with this coin he found in an old sewing machine! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I would appreciate help identifying it.
Does anyone else wonder if Byzantine copper coins really sell at prices asked on vcoins and US eBay? Yesterday I used this search engine...
It is likely that there will shortly be limitations on importing ancient Egyptian coins. You can read about it at Peter Tompa's blog site:...
I have added a web page on the four AE coin types of Jovian, Roman emperor for eight months in 363-4: http://esty.ancients.info/Jovian/Jovian.html...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This coin is a mystery. It was a mystery to the seller and now it is my mystery. I am hoping someone can recognize it. It seems...
Justinian's coins at Antioch: http://esty.ancients.info/interesting/Justinian.html If you don't know the story of the calamities at Antioch...
I just posted a minor web page about long Roman Imperial mintmarks. http://esty.ancients.info/longmm/LongMintmarks.html The Julian coin is new and...
Here is a Domitian as with natural red patina: 28-27 mm. 9.56 grams. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It has a lot of titles: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII...
Dear Abby said in today's paper that Valentine's day has a connection with Claudius II (Roman Emperor, 268-270). So I looked on Wikipedia and...
The web site on the coins of Valentinian (AD 364) and later (RIC IX): http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ now has, for the first time, an example...
I wrote a short web page about Roman imperial coins with legend including SECVRITAS, which has an obvious modern meaning which is not quite the...
I just posted a web page on the only coin type of Seuthes III who was an obscure King of Thrace at the time of Alexander the Great....
I am writing an educational site on reverse types that were issued by only one Roman emperor. Just by looking at the reverse you can know who...
In 1996 I wrote a "Guest Commentary" for Coin World in which I made a comparison between collecting US coins and collecting ancient coins. Today I...
I have an educational page about reference works emphasizing late Roman bronze coins from the period of Diocletian and later....
Long ago I wrote a short article on portraits of Geta for The Celator. Now I have put it on the web: http://esty.ancients.info/Geta/ It discusses...
If you are new to ancient coins you might learn some important things from my site about eBay auctions and other auctions:...
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