One of the questions that makes the stomach queezy for some of us old time ancient collectors is, "How do I clean my coins so they look bright as...
CR = Crawford which is a standard reference for Republican coins. The Septimius Sear reference is not correct according to the two versions I...
Probably nothing or very little. Everything is supply and demand. Very few people care. I have known a couple collectors over the years that...
US collectors have been known to pay extra for minor die variations but this relatively rarely bumps up the price of ancients even though the...
Both are nice coins. Note that Pietas on Plautilla shows a baby but Plautilla was childless.
I'll comment on the Constans since I consider it the pick of the litter. When the coinage reform of 348 brought out FEL TEMP REPARATIO coins in...
Theodosius was the last emperor to rule both east and west and split the empire between his two sons never to be reunited before the west fell....
Copper would taste bad and be large for even small denominations. The silver of the day was pretty pure. What is the smallest copper/bronze...
We all have our favorites perhaps based on what we understand how to do. Mine is PBase. It is not free ($23/year) but comes with a lot of space...
Be careful when buying Athenian obols and hemiobols. There are ancient copies made in the East that are more crude than the real thing and should...
At the risk of starting a run on coins I like: When I have addressed school groups, the coin story that gets the most attention is the one...
Probus ruled for several years and was pretty successful partly due to taking good care of his large army. That means making a lot of coins....
Do you see what I mean about the noses? By this time the art style of Rome was well on the road to becoming stylized and abandoning the...
As an exercise, try finding other Rome mint falling horsemen coins either in your collections or offered for sale and see if you think this one is...
Interesting that the one you single out was from Rome rather than from the outer reaches of the empire.... Coins of this period were made in 15...
No. I have only a few FH coins. This is a collection: http://www.catbikes.ch/helvetica/feltemps.htm It is sorted by mint but also be sure to...
I'm missing the point here. What good is a listing of what is available to those associated with a university to those of us whose IP prevents us...
Standards appeared on coins before the late Roman period. My favorite series was issued by Septimius Severus in 193AD honoring the legions that...
I wish I could tell you. Between 348 and 350 AD, this mint produced more or less the same coins with and without the A's on both sides. RIC lists...
I find this most interesting and a common opinion. Te 'sand' patina is something people seem to love or to hate. I know some otherwise...
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