This is one you need to ask someone better schooled in these than I. RIC 52 is R5. RIC 53 is exactly the same coin except the bust is cuirassed...
I'm afraid I differ here and the devils on both of my shoulders make me tell you their opinions: The right devil says you should consider this a...
The photo shows HA. This follis is an ancient cast fake of Alexandria. There are quite a few clay molds that made these available in the...
Collectors of Biblical coins may want one of the books on the subject. I only have one Coins and Christianity by Kenneth Jacob but I am sure...
Rarity can be defined as in RIC where minor details combined irregularly produce rare numbers but fancy busts are not rare for Crispus overall....
http://a-coins.blogspot.com/2011/10/most-expensive-roman-coin.html This Hadrian sestertius is very nice but $2.5 million seems a bit over the top.
Ardatirion understates the situation. His employer regularly sells tetradrachms that cost more than any house I have ever owned. For that...
As you can see from all the suggestions, there are too many choices. That is why my 'set' contains coins that 'speak' to me. I see no reason to...
When I started my webpage in February 1997, I was aware of very few sites on ancient coins. One was a specialty site on Julia Domna coins. I...
I continue to have issues with the concept of collecting the 12 Caesars. It is fine for an advanced collector like Ides to take on this specialty...
I can only assume these were a hoard discovered and recycled on one occassion. The host coins seem to come from a very short span of time but I...
I warn those in the market for a Claudius denarius that he is very common in fourree. Really nice ones may not show plating breaks through to the...
The surface appearance strikes me as a sign the toning is deeper than surface. Is this from sulphur? I do not think it would clean well but I...
http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/ http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/coins.html Following the death of its owner we lost for a while a really good resource...
Reimaging coins is a lot cheaper than buying new ones. Maybe I'm seeing a really good idea here.
I love the fakes databases but dislike having to look multiple places to be sure the one I seek is not on one but not the other. Considering the...
Not my favorite coin but one that I feel appropriate for an animal coin lover like you. We have discussed these so often I'l just say they are a...
I intended to bid in the last seconds on six lots in this sale but backed off when they ignored my inquiry about a lot I considered questionably...
Procopius used to be rather rare but someone found a bunch and they are not scarce now in low grade. Nice ones are still hard to find.
I had not thought about it but we really have rather few emperors known by more than one name. We would be better off if we were consistent on...
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