There are quite a few biographies of Julian but you need to be a little careful for bias for or against Christians. Every mint that produced...
Curtis Clay has promoted a theory that striking teams consisted of one obverse die shared by two reverse teams. This allowed the reverse dies to...
What this means is that buying and paying for something with confirmation from the website means nothing. Don't count your coins until they...
There is no 'on/off' in this matter. To me the photo is consistent with harsh scrubbing and chemical cleaning that has become so popular these...
Youthful with Pius solid [ATTACH] same but fourree (part of the AK group from Triton XX) [ATTACH] My favorite young Aurelius is this...
I have seen more than one well made fourree of Domitian that have a somewhat distinctive style but were not all the same types. I know nothing...
My favorite coins of Maximianus are the Siscia series from three officinae with the word Hercules in Greek letters divided between the three....
...or buy anything but silver coins, as I recall? Usually it is a big tip off. For example, most fourree Athenian owl tetradrachms are about 4g...
Mary on the obverse/Jesus on reverse right crowns emperor Andronicus I [ATTACH] Three or more people who can be named on coin
Guys, please, if you are going to fight over my old coins, do it before the auction closes. I was surprised that the coin survived its first...
Probus in consular robes with scepter [ATTACH] Column with someone leaning on it
The coin is associated with the Ludi Ceriales or "Games of Ceres" which date to April each year (I have seen some say March???) at which donatives...
This Septimius fourree is a mule with reverse of Caracalla it would seem but no such coin is known to me. The rider seems young and is riding...
Trivia: What is the link between Coke bottles and ancient coins? [IMG] Bill Porter who wrote the above booklet still sells ancients at shows...
Relatively few of us collect ancients 'by date'. Your coin is only ordinary if you ignore the dates on it making it what a US collector might...
Since we now grade only from wear, this sounds like a reasonable solution. After all it only takes one bidder with more dollars than sense to get...
For a reason I do not understand there are quite a few silver denarii of Laodicea that seem to get blacker than most. Denarii of the period were...
Septimius Severus / Nike - Hadrianopolis - I really need to try for a better photo of this shiny green patina. [ATTACH]
I love it. My favorite Neros are AE asses (more in my bracket). [ATTACH]
I'm older than Bing and younger than Jamesicus. I drive when the show has free parking in a good neighborhood but have stopped driving far and...
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