Everyone knows that Geta was not "master of the world." The real master of the world was [ATTACH] Didius Julianus! (for 66 days in 193) RECTOR...
As you can see from the coins above, coins of Theodore Comnenus Ducas from the Empire of Thessalonica are not usually in good condition. This coin...
If you like reverses related to historical events, the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-161) does not have as many as other second-century emperors,...
I found this these two cut-down chi-rhos at an English coin fair in 1988. The first is 11 mm and identifiable by emperor and mint! [ATTACH] 1.06...
Panticapaeum (also spelled with a "K" for "C" or "paion" for "paeum), in the north Black Sea region, stuck some very artistic coins in the 4th...
The trial is a great and important story of corruption tolerated by senators because they benefited by bribery or hoped to benefit by that same...
A hole through a Republican denarius was one way the ancients condemned a coin as a counterfeit. Many fourrees have holes through them. Do we see...
It is sad when two genuine coins that you can't tell apart have much different values. Is that the road down which US-coin collectors have chosen...
Where has honesty and integrity gone? Why is the agenda more important than the truth? And, why do the police feel the need to participate in...
Those are remarkably high quality for coins of Gallienus. In 1930 Andreas Alfoldi wrote a Numismatic Chronicle article "The victories of the...
It might be worth, total, $200. Those who want to make it seem a big deal are likely to value it at much more. I'll be curious to hear how much more.
"INV" and "IVN" are different. The latter is "junior" for Constantine II.
Here is an Aurelian with a large oval flan. [ATTACH] 27-20 mm. Twenty seven! 3.42 grams. The flan is oversize and you can see the edge of the...
Today I got a coin in the mail that cost me under $20, including shipping. Constantine is the most common Roman emperor of all, so the low price...
Year 12 was 538, before the plague of 540. The reform pre-dates the plague.
Prior to Justinian's year 12 the follis denomination had a right-facing bust. In year 12 there was a coin reform in which the coin became larger...
They are now in your collection after having been minted 2000 years ago. They haven't oxidized too quickly so far. Many ancient coins new to the...
If you post a picture of it here, we can be on the lookout for it. Surely it will eventually show up.
[ATTACH] Galeria Valeria 25 mm. 6.21 grams VENERI VICTRICI SMSD RIC VI Serdica 41 "late 307-8" I don't think coins of Helena show a stephane...
Later, yes. Here is a coin of Diocletian minted at Carthage. The legend ends "FEL KART" [ATTACH] Much later when Justinian recovered Carthage...
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