I have all the major reference works and still I use RCV a lot. I recommend any volume that covers the reader's area of interest. I use all five,...
This is the type of interest that makes ancient numismatics so much fun! We don't know everything and can think about the history and meaning of...
We need to be careful not to conflate two visions into one. The Christian chi-rho vision is more famous, but he also had an earlier vision that...
By the way, that museum is within a few hundred yards of the entrance to the main train station. If you fly to Rome and take the train into the...
Antioch had some impressive portraits of Constantine: [ATTACH] 18-17 mm. 3.19 grams. SMANB RIC VII Antioch 86 "335"
Here is mine: [ATTACH] 8.67 grams. RIC Nicomedia 121 Note the palm(?) branches on either side of "NIKB". This and the other coins show more...
Mike has a point. The first coin of @Alegandron is larger than his second, but the photos show it the other way. Maybe the maximum diameter of the...
If (a big "if") they are dated to 309-310 then the heavier ones are likely the earlier ones. What we are lacking is any reason to think they...
I looked into it using just RIC VI and VII and it seems they have reason to attribute one later SOLI issue to 314-5, but no obvious time...
I agree. Looking at coins are how most ancient busts are attributed anyway. Collectors who look at coins obsessively are the ones to ask (We don't...
[ATTACH] Crispus, struck 324-5. 18 mm. ALAMANIA DEVICTA •SIRM• RIC VII Sirmium 49. Ir was struck only for Crispus and Constantine II, only at...
[ATTACH] Here's mine. 34-32 mm. 13.30 grams. Sear 494.
How much was it including shipping? Or, did you buy it locally or include shipping?
Maurice (582-602) also issued nummi. Here is one: [ATTACH] 8-6 mm. Bust left/monogram of Maurice Sear 572, Carthage. DOC --, BMC --, Ratto --,...
My TransferWise fee for 347 euros was $4.09, using a good exchange rate. I'm not sure Chase beats that with their $5 fee.
The original post does not make it clear, as later posts do, that there were two coin reforms under Anastasius. The first one, which Grierson...
Yesterday I was given the option of paying an invoice for 347 euros with PayPal for an additional 4.5%. Last time I used PayPal they gave me an...
I'll make a different suggestion. Set that huge lot aside and forget it. Begin anew with nicer coins. If you don't want to buy coins...
I have the reference work "Los Sestercois del Imperial Romano" by Juan R. Cayon. It attempts to list all the types of sestertii and has...
Here is a 0.24-gram Cyzicus: [ATTACH] 7 mm. Sear Greek 3851. SNG France Mysie 389f. "525-475" BC. Klein 265v "500-475" BC.
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