One of my collecting goals for 2019 is to focus more on my medieval subcollection. In order to do so, I first need to make some space in my...
That's a fine sestertius. I am quite partial to coins also showing the emperor on the reverse. The double strike is interesting, too. [ATTACH]...
I had a somewhat similar experience with this auction: I was bidding on a total of five lots, and the bids on three of them quickly and somewhat...
If I see correctly, one of Maridvnum's eastern Juliae Domnae and my own, though not die matches, share a somewhat oddly shaped obverse legend....
That's a beautiful example! Good luck with your search for a listing. I can very much understand why you were looking out for this particular...
That's a very nice coin – congratulations on getting it, and, more importantly, a belated happy birthday! I don't have any AE coins of Nerva "the...
Generally, the term is used to designate a copper alloy containing zinc, which in other contexts would be refered to as "brass." If you want to...
The sword on this one is not well struck, but there's still a lot of armor: [ATTACH] Baldwin of Bourcq, County of Edessa, AE Follis, 1110–1118...
Number two is a particularly lovely coin, and from quite an amorous place (at least when looking at it from behind).
Could the final one be a Constantine dynasty fallen horseman with LXXII in the left field, probably indicating that 72 coins were minted to a pound?
[ATTACH] Perge, Pamphylia, AE17, ca. 50–30 BC. Obv: Cult statue of Artemis Pergaia facing within distyle temple. Rev: AΡTEMIΔOΣ / ΠEΡΓAIAΣ, Bow...
[ATTACH] Pherai, Thessaly, hemidrachm, ca. 302–286 BC. Obv: Head of Ennodia left, torch behind. Rev: ΦΕΡΑΙΟΥΝ, the nymph Hypereia left, touching...
Here is one from Olbia. Olbia and Borysthenes are alternative names for the same place, so we can check Borysthenes, too. [ATTACH] Olbia,...
Me neither. Unfortunately and mostly due to the very high number of different medieval German mints and coin types, there isn't even a...
3. The Nerva–Antonine dynasty, in silver Almost all of these emperors are available and affordable as denarii. It is of course also possible to...
This is a very popular set based on Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, a collection of biographies written during the reign of Hadrian. The downside...
Your first coin is a Venetian soldino from the 15th or 16th century. The reverse legend reads "LAVS TIBI SOLI", the obverse shows St Mark and a...
A wonderful coin - congratulations on acquiring this rare piece! That's indeed a good question. The type has been attributed to Quedlinburg...
That's indeed a very neat acquisition! Lantern slides like this were very popular in the academic teaching of art history in the late 19th and...
The Elymaean AE coins minted under the Arsacid dynasty are commonly referred to as drachms. If I understand correctly, the most plausible current...
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