River gods are occasionally depicted on Roman imperial coins and commonly on Roman provincial coins. As far as I know, there is no book that...
Suppose I save the URL of an coin I'm interested in and go to the URL after it closed. I have started getting "The listing you’re looking for is...
Okay, I give up. I have most of the usual Byzantine coin books and the entire web at my disposal, but in four years and I have not found anything...
Here is an overstrike for sale. It is a large coin, 28 mm and 10.50 grams, with good reddish patina and good depth of strike: [ATTACH] At this...
Roman emperors took vows (VOTA) promising to do something for the gods if the gods did something the emperor wanted. The emperor wanted a long...
I have added a few reference works on ancient coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/numislit.html and I reduced the prices on the (already...
I have been collecting the late Roman aureliani from the Tripolis mint for many years. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Tripolis/ There are not many...
This may be a Christian cross (I think it is). If so, it is the first Christian cross on a Roman coin. [ATTACH] 20-19 mm. Struck 316 RIC Ticinum...
In February I started a thread on how some eBay fakes are detected: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-we-detect-fakes.311907/ I mentioned...
I reduced prices on almost all my Constantinian coins: http://augustuscoins.com/Constantinian.html Some are high quality and some remarkably...
I added some Byzantine copper, including this really nice one, to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html [ATTACH] Justin II and...
As an observation, yesterday I took the time (a lot of it) to look at the 5500 "Byzantine" hits on US eBay. The vast majority will never sell...
What do you think this coin is worth? [ATTACH] Constantine, AD 307-337. My first thought was a low number, say, $5. After all, coins of...
Here is a Julia Domna/three graces coin from Marcianopolis: [ATTACH] 24 mm. 6.64 grams. The Three Graces 15.3.7e, page 107-8. Plate 2.15. Sear...
I updated my site http://augustuscoins.com/index.html with some nice ancient coins. For more details, including inexpensive shipping, on the link....
No Spoilers! I have a website on reverse types of Roman coins that are unique to a particular emperor. I have lots of ideas of coins to add to it...
We had a thread which turned into a discussion of pre- and post-reform radiates of the coin reform of Diocletian:...
I updated my web site which lists web sites of ancient-coin dealers and auction firms. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/dealers.html I removed the...
I added seven ancients to my "inexpensive, $5-$15" page, including a Domitian Rhino, Delmatius, Constantius II with cross,...
The coin of Maxentius, foe of Constantine, is a "half-follis" which is scarcer than the follis. [ATTACH] Maxentius. 306-312 half-follis. 20 mm....
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