Unlike imperial coins that explicitly name an emperor, few Roman Republican coins have types that indicate the date of the coin. Nevertheless,...
Here is a coin with two heads I got last month: [ATTACH] Hadrian (117-138) and Sabina, struck at Roman Alexandria, Egypt. Tetradrachm. 25-23 mm....
Here is a nice AE2 of Decentius, AD 351-353. Below is the finest auction catalog of Greek coins ever produced. It is a fun read! [ATTACH] VOT V...
I added some Magnentius and Gallus pieces to my page, including some remarkable full-sized ancient imitations:...
In the mail today I got a triobol (= hemidrachm, because there are six obols in a drachm) of Alexander the Great. It is small. But, it is hard to...
Here is an unusual type: [ATTACH] Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius Denarius. 18 mm. Struck c 176 as DIVA Faustina Jr. died at Halala in...
I have a page of $5-$15 ancient coins: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html Today I put 17 Byzantine coins on it. I deleted many that had...
[ATTACH] Price greatly reduced! Hardcover. This book costs $395.94 in hardcover on Amazon. No copies are on vcoins. It is the bible of the...
Here is a beautiful Greek silver in good metal: [ATTACH] Silver. 13-12 mm. Mysia, Parion. 2.29 grams. Gorgon/Medusa head facing, tongue...
I just added fifteen inexpensive, $5 - $15, ancient coins to this page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html Some are later Roman, some...
When you shop for ancient coins or visit CoinTalk, what size screen do you use? I use a Mac with a 15" display. I wonder how many of you utilize...
Here is a very rare Byzantine coin for sale. It is from the mint of Cherson in Crimea in the north Black Sea and is the half-follis with a large...
If you are interested in late Roman silver (Argenti, siliquae, milirense), this is the book: Roman Silver Coins, Volume V: CARAUSIUS TO ROMULUS...
I just added some ancient coins to my $5-$15 page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html I also some to my "Valentinian and later" page:...
This forum lists twenty threads on the main page. Tonight I noticed that all twenty were added to in the last five hours. Threads that have not...
During the early third century AD the Koinon ("League" of cities) of Macedonia struck coins under the Romans. Here is one from the league dated to...
Cilicia is that coastal part of Turkey at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea. Prior to Alexander the Great it was under the control of...
Here is a travel type that does not fit into the "ADVENTVS" or "PROFECTIO" categories discussed here recently. [ATTACH] Welcome to Egypt....
I have just posted an educational web site on ADVENTVS types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/PROFECTIO/ADVENTVS.htm ADVENTVS means "arrival" and...
A member of the CoinForgeryDiscussionList https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/info?yguid=116957790 lamented that...
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