On December 20, I ordered a book (Hartill, Cast Chinese Coins) from Amazon books and selected their free Super Saver Shipping. The computer...
The 20 sestertii theory also has issues with the fact that there are AE1 folles bearing XXI, measuring out at 4.77% and weighing twice as much as...
The best Victory coins IMHO are the ones that name a specific enemy in the legends. Spread over the centuries there are a half dozen different...
The interesting part to me is the variation in the number of Weber Barbecue Kettles on top. By selectively uncovering the fires in them, signals...
A figure could be in honor of a past success or in hope of a future one. It makes no difference. Some Victories were issued to commemorate...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac73xxi.html My opinions have not changed since the above. As I understand it, the Romans looked at...
A related question: Lets say a major auction of a specialty is coming up and two of us share deep interest in this specialty. In fact the two of...
Not really. However there are some coins that are more cupped than most but not really scyphate. The Rajaraja Chola bronzes come to mind but my...
The legends are weak but clear. On the reverse it says TRP COS VII DES VIII PP. The significant part is The DES VIII which means that the coin...
I am not aware of a bronze like this and there are a lot of fakes of the silver tetradrachms. My guess is that the chance of the item being over...
Legal currency of the Roman Empire was struck in many mints and traveled a lot farther than Constantinople to Jerusalem. This was struck in...
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