I see nothing suggesting fourree.
Not always. For example a person should be comfortable enough to separate various mints in periods that did not use mintmarks and had identical...
RIC beginners need to realize that the authors of vols. 6-9 started with #1 for each of the mints used in the period covered by their book so you...
Thank you. I am most pleased when I hear from people who tell me that my pages were helpful to them when they were beginners but now they have...
Those who verify are selected and expected to own at least the primary reference. You could not verify 12 Caesars material without RIC 1 and BMC...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/abb.html The above link might help. Dominus Noster name Pius Felix Augustus Our lord name dutiful and...
This post is to be sure those who might care are aware of an in-progress resource on ancient coins called Coin Project. At present CP has a bit...
You might like some on my Asian page. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/voc6.html There are many other Central Asian and Indian coins...
Not even close. It always amazed me that Constantine had so few Christian symbols and I don't have the rare first ones. Shortly after his death,...
My Ptolemy II is the lowest grade shown here but at 90.1g it is fat. Surely someone has a Liberal as that makes it look tiny. The British...
The theory might suffer from the fact that Constans and Constantius II also had types with living captives. The common explanation of the 'hut'...
While most of this has been covered: What holds for one group of coins does not hold for all. Some issues were tightly controlled as to weight...
While I certainly agree that the subject needs a lot more study, I am not so restrictive on the term Limes (pronounce it leem-ace rather than like...
While I agree with the comments praising the coins, I also found interest in the photography. The coins from Goldberg show a problem I have had...
Am I correct that the edge irregularities on Claudius are cuts rather than cracks? I wonder if the coin was attached to something once?
Just what is it about that coin that makes it 'regular'? There are not all that many offset busts.
The photo says Licinius I who died before that reverse was introduced so the coin is either a fake or the photos got mixed up.
There is a good book on the subject: http://www.amazon.com/Coinage-Economy-Ancient-Society-History/dp/0801852919#reader_0801852919 It is neither...
Nicest? Best grade? Most interesting? Hardest to replace if lost? There are so many coins I like. Choosing is hard. [ATTACH] My best anonymous...
I guess I'll have to reshoot that photo. The coin does not strike me as looking overcleaned unless you are reading the scratches as cleaning.
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