I think everyone interested in Ancient Roman history knows about Marcus Licinius Crassus. He led the legions that defeated Spartacus and was well...
So as many of you know I’m trying to collect a denarius from each of the “Five Good Emperors” as well as the “Twelve Caesars” mentioned by...
Coins used to be clipped all the time in the old days. How much of a coin must remain for the TPGs to still consider it a coin? Spanish Milled...
Whether it’s the Greek drachma or Roman denarius in Ancient times or the Pound Sterling in the Middle Ages it seems like almost every major...
A brief recap for those who have no idea what I’m talking about: In 1957 an amateur archeologist named Guy Mellgren purportedly discovered a...
I was at my LCS today and the owner and I were discussing improperly cleaned coins. He told me recognizing cleaned coins can be difficult at...
First of all please allow me to apologize for the bad photos and the holders. Unfortunately there weren’t any good photos taken of these coins....
Ever since I got this coin I’ve been trying to identify what the meaning of the image and text on it are. Unfortunately NGC didn’t label any...
I didn’t know this until very recently but I was reading the article about the Sestertius on Wikipedia and apparently during the Roman Republic it...
I’m curious if anyone happens to know if American gold & silver coins were ever clipped or sweated? Like has anyone seen any proof of say a...
I just got my package of auction wins from Heritage Auctions and I noticed something weird. [ATTACH] Despite the fact that both of these coins...
Back in Ancient Rome around the time of Julius Caesar (before coins began being debased later in the Empire) a nearly pure gold aureus of 8 grams...
Does anyone happen to own any coins featuring Lucilla, the daughter of Marcus Aurelius & Faustina, and sister of Commodus? I’d really like to get...
You guys all know the Athenian Owl tetradrachm. I shared mine not long ago. Apparently these coins were minted in massive quantities and spread...
Some facts: Under the reign of Tiberius in 14 AD a Roman silver Denarius weighed 3.9 grams and was 97-99% pure silver. But in 148 AD a Denarius...
Not long ago I posted my first ever denarius. One from the reign of Hadrian. I said I was going to focus on the “Five Good Emperors” first and I...
I was watching a video where Elon Musk was talking about solar panels and how only 12.3 million homes have solar panels and he mentioned that...
Whenever I go into an LCS with American coins (coins with at least some numismatic value) I always get an offer. Sometimes it’s fair sometimes...
Just got this email. Bummer :(. Hopefully they can resolve the server issues & website crashing [ATTACH]
Helloooo everyone! I was watching a documentary on the Roman Empire on Netflix (unimaginatively called “Roman Empire”) and it documents the lives...
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