Yes. RIC does in order to be clear he is not Galerius, who had a similar name. Diocletian's favored deity was Jove and Maximian's was Hercules. We...
Experienced ancient-coin collectors know that high-grade denarii of Septimius Severus, Severus Alexander, and others of that era are common....
Last month I posted a thread https://www.cointalk.com/threads/maximians-name.374016/ on the full name of Maximian (Roman emperor 286-305 and again...
@EireWeish , welcome to CT! The website http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ has a great deal of information about collecting ancient coins: The...
I have. I recommend you pay with TransferWise. Most firms ask an extra percentage for PayPal or credit cards, but not for TransferWise. Wiring...
I'm guessing @Theodosius . With my in-depth research I discovered he has some very nice Greek coins (in spite of his username). In spite of my...
Jovian had only four AE reverse types. The AE1 is scarcer and costs more than the two AE3s, but is nevertheless readily available. It is the AE4,...
If you started collecting ancients after trying to fill date sets of US coins, you might decide a date set of Justinian folles from Cyzicus would...
I vote it is a coin of @Parthicus . I did some research on previous posts of each of the five contenders, and his posts and username suggest a...
A history professor wrote about a parallel between ancient Rome and now....
[ATTACH] Faustina II, under Marcus Aurelius. Struck 161-176. An as. 26 mm. 13.02 grams. VESTA holding simpulum and Palladium BMC 1004. Sear II...
Yes, "S" means scarce. Actually, there are quite a few around, but most are in poor condition. An example with full flan and no problems, even if...
@kevin McGonigal , that is a wonderful writeup. Thank you. My page http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Repub/TimelineTable.html on how Roman Republican...
My site on late Roman AE http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/index.html lists type sets for the emperors...
It's nice when the coin says SVLLA: [ATTACH] 84-83 BC. L. SVLLA, IMPER ITERVM (Imperator for the second time) with two trophies and jug and...
That is an excellent and entertaining book. Here is my review from this page on Byzantine-coin reference works:...
I started collecting ancients in grad school. I had been a US coin collector (not very serious) in my childhood. In the academic year 1971/2 I was...
I love it! I collect Turkoman bronze and can attest that the OP Nasir al-Din Mahmud coin is outstanding. Yes, it cost more but, after you have a...
Victor listed some major references and his page about late Roman imitations: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/ I have a page about...
Here is a late Roman imitation almost as well-done as an original: [ATTACH] Theodosius. AE2. 21-20 mm. 4.84 grams. Check out the obverse legend:...
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