It is almost always a mistake to say anything about the way 'they' did anything. Ancient coins covered such a wide range of times and places that...
My thought is that it is inappropriate to call a Provincial a sestertius and the letters I see might be Elagabalus rather than Severus Alexander....
In fact, I agree but after buying several coins with this same type, I look for a bit of variety. Even if we stay with Genius, there is variety...
This coin comes a couple thousand years before the invention of the concept that required making coins of so little value that they could buy...
Frequently here we hear the opinion that more of us would like the larger coins of the Tetrarchy if only they were not all those Genius types. In...
These were produced for many years during the reign of Augustus. I'm sure a serious student could place them more closely than we usually see....
[ATTACH] Actually this is pretty big as little silver goes at 2.01g. The obverse shows a sea monster identified as Ketos. I am unclear if it is...
A dealer friend had a few 'different' Vespasians including this reverse but I did not note whether or not it had a mintmark. I hope it did. I...
Those who were here two years ago may recall when I went a bit crazy on the Augustus/Agrippa crocodile coins of Nemausis issued for use by...
I bought mine because it was a hemidrachm and I did not have that denomination. It is unusual for an Alexandria in that it does not have the year...
The proper treatment for the Statue of Liberty or a roof will be coarser than allowable for a coin. We see this on million dollar paintings that...
My favorite nap is the one right after breakfast.
These are not rare coins. What is rare is a really nice one. Phil's has a lot going for it in the race for the top spot. I do prefer the die...
They did. That is how we got the ones we have. Relatively few hoards were made up of thousands of tiny coins compared to those of larger ones....
Your question would be answered best by reading one of his books and deciding if he is the sort of author you might want to hear speak. Try the...
Ancient collectors use abbreviations for the metal used for the coin. They are short for Latin words for the metals. AE copper or copper alloy,...
Everytime this comes up I show the same coins since I so rarely get a new one. You are paying more than I will. My favorite is in poor condition...
Who has any of his smaller denominations? Mine is a junker but surely someone has a nice one. http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1596383...
I do not have any Italian coins but do have a couple pigs from the earlier period. Rarer than killing them, the soldiers are swearing an oath on...
Maxentius has more variety in reverses than most of the people of the period. Of the common ones, I like the Dioscuri which come with or without...
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