This provincial bronze (AE 22) arrived today from Israel. I think it is one of Marcus Aurelius' provincial coins, probably from Egypt. Here are...
Are there any recommendations for a good digital camera for photographing coins that is not too expensive? Thanks
Here's a coin purchased back in 2017 from VCoins. It was listed as an Athenian tetradrachm from the period of 353-294 BCE, and the obverse...
Sometimes a coin comes around that causes everything to click. This is one such coin, an imitative Attica tetrdrachm that I believe is from Gaza....
"But the Alexandrians, without asking my permission - and once the thing was done I could not undo it - struck a coin with my head on the obverse...
I picked up this coin last week for $28.00 on eBay. It is a 3/4 follis, or 30 nummi of Tiberius II (578-582 CE), minted in Nicomedia between...
Here's another acquisition from MA Shops, Dr. Busso Peus, back in 2019. Stephen Colbert remarked earlier this month that we're only into March...
We are certainly living through tumultuous times, with covid-19 posing as the latest threat to our health and well-being. Of course, history is...
It is Tuesday night, the first full day of "shelter in place" order, the late winter night sky is providing much needed rain, and the music of...
Here's an Attica tetradrachm that just arrived today. I purchased it as a post-auction coin because of the interesting counterstamps on both the...
"She struck the room, tall and straight and sudden-white, a talon of lightning in the midnight sky. Her horse-hair helmet brushed the ceiling....
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