http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/numismatics/faqpages/nncpubs.htm You might enjoy Life In Republican Rome On its Coinage by Elvira Eliza...
The coin is pretty obviously a medallion but I have not found the match. This example really looks like an aftercast copy and could well be a...
Claudius / Constantia Copper As - compare to these: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A8357&view_mode=1#0
I believe it is ANdelta = Antioch partly from the letters and partly from the shield shape and what looks to be a stirrup rope but I'm far from...
[ATTACH] Can you read the legend in the above countermark? LUY Recall that Imperial Aramaic of that day is read right to left and the letters...
The problem with buying anything collectible is that you have to find someone who agrees with you that the item is worth owning before you can...
I have S&K but it is mostly a catalog rather than a read through book and the photos are pretty bad (matching the coins). Frank's book is good...
I don't have as large a library as some (maybe only 1000 pieces???) but I have some I really like so I'll start a thread to promote a few you...
Different mints played by different rules. It is not unusual to find a 5mm coin that weighs more than another 10mm coin. What is amazing is how...
A. The coin is massive at .5g. B. It is a lovely coin. C. I love these things! http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html
As I learn from the write up, the AE1-AE4 series was introduced in the mid 4th century but your AE3 example dates to before 320. If I were going...
I like the style of this (mean look on his face) and the exceptionally ragged flan for these. While the workmanship is not perfect, the sun and...
The difference I find interesting is the lack of desire to use the money for any purpose other than as money. They did not promote the rulers,...
Duyen Ninh Thong bao 1453-60 AD Hartill 25.14 - Frank Robinson was selling them at the back of his last sale 3 for $8.95. His list quoted Toda...
Reading the copywrite notice on the Hartill Chinese book, I suspect the proper person to get permission from is the author since it specifically...
That was my guess. My problem is that were it not for the note in the Sung section relating to the top of the feng I would have no idea why it...
This thread has shown that we all have opinions. Mine are on my page: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez.html Remember...
[ATTACH] We each just got a different Hartill book. This was the first of my cash that I happened to pick up and try to find. I think I did...
All of these would be findable in Afganistan. Right? The first is seen more often in copper but there are silver ones. I lost out on a nice one...
The elephant bronze is Shahi of the late first millennium AD. I have a page showing a couple similar and the silver that goes with them....
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