Where I live among seven local banks only one has large safe-deposit boxes. It doesn't take many coins to fill up the typical small safe-deposit...
This coin arrived today from Europe, which confirms shipments are still coming. It is interesting to me because I have been studying the...
Here is a web article on the CONSTANTINOPOLIS type: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html
I love the Norwich book(s). They concentrate on stories of the emperors, as opposed to discussions of the state. If you want to know about the...
Correct. There are more unusual denominations in that era than you might first think from looking a many coins from Diocletian through...
I think there are only two editions, the second and much better and more inclusive edition is from 1987. There have been new printings since then,...
That's a different issue, from much later, for Constans and Constantius II, c.347-8. No, they are very-low-value coins made of copper.
Fractional folles, sometimes called "quinarii," were minted c. 290 to c. 326. Most have vota types. There are over 200 varieties, but most...
I wonder those over in the US-coin forum ever have any fun like we do? Or, is all they ever discuss grades, problems, and doubled-dies? We have...
Welcome! We appreciate the introduction. This forum has a great search engine. Here is a thread on elephants on coins:...
I think it is a modern reproduction.
Mostly I handwrite flip inserts, but when I use computer-printed ones I have a template (just a word processing table with cells the right size)...
Constantius Chlorus had ants minted in his name. Constantius II did not. Ants were discontinued c. 294, not long after Constantius became Caesar...
If you walk up the Palatine hill there is an overlook high above the Forum. You can see @Julius Germanicus's building from there: [ATTACH] The...
Doug is right (of course). For more about this, see my page on retirement issues: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/retirement.html Here is...
John III of Nicaea brought the "Empire of Thessalonica" to an end in 1246. Here is one of his coins: [ATTACH] John III, Ducas, called Vatatzes....
I bought an unidentified Byzantine trachy (cup-shaped coin) on eBay. Like many late Byzantine trachy, the flan has problems. It is bent and has a...
I wrote a short article about the type here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html Later I expanded it greatly here:...
The VRBS ROMA is an ancient imitation. They are common from England. There are a few on my site about imitations....
Congratulations! That is thrilling! Give our regards to your wife, who did the hard work.
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