The Phocas coin if I remember correctly cost me $130 at auction. The starting price was $35 and it got bid up significantly.
Some examples: Focas - see my write-up for this coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Heraclius [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Folles in good condition are going up in price, particularly 6th and 7th century folles of Anastasius, Justin I, Justinian, Justin II, Maurice...
It's in pretty good condition - probably worth $60-100. Folles like these are getting increasingly popular with collectors and the prices are...
Anastasius has to be given a lot of credit for introducing the large follis which ended the string of terrible AE4 coins produced during the 5th...
Justinian I (527-565 A.D.) Pre-reform 40 nummi piece. AE Follis, Constantinople Mint, 10 grams, 28mm Obverse: Diademed, Draped and Cuirassed...
The estimates are often comically low and encourage bidding activity. Like most auctions, bids tend to come in fast and furious in the final...
Seem to be pretty good fakes.
Genius holding head of Serapis. Alexandria mint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin Donna and a real stunner.
Magnus Maximus, 383 - 388 A.D. AE 2, 24mm 5.7 grams Obverse: DN MAG MAXIMVS PF AVG Diademed head right, draped and cuirassed Reverse: REPARATIO...
Interesting - thank you.
Since we are on the topic of Augustus I'd like to share a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Res_Gestae_Divi_Augusti The above in an...
Augustus AE As, Cn Piso, moneyer [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A bronze piece. I like the heavier LRB's when I can find them: Arcadius, A.D. 395-408 AE22, 5.7 grams, Antioch mint Obverse: D N ARCADI-VS P F...
Yeah the Rosetta Stone had three different inscriptions of the same content - Greek, Hieroglyphic, and Demotic. [ATTACH]
Yep. He was able to crack the code by comparing hieroglyphs to the Greek words. However, later researchers were able to translate many more of the...
Great thread. It reminds me of relying on translations of hieroglyphs by James Henry Breasted in Egyptology. While one of the first to translate...
Here's one. [ATTACH]
Very cool. I did not know about the Gallienus victory series celebrating his victories over members of the so-called "30 Tyrants" of the Historia...
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