I sent in a long comment opposing the MOU's (below). I hope you will make a short comment. I don't think length is helpful, but I had a lot to...
I just posted a page of links to interesting CoinTalk threads: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/threads2.html Those are threads from August 16 until...
[ATTACH] 27 mm. 12.36 grams. Restoration issue under Titus. IMP T VESP AVG REST Sear 2580. BMC Titus 265. RIC II.1 Titus 446 dupondius.
Edit: Wrong thread
I second what several others have said. First, it is an AE4, not an AE2. Second, it is very common. For an ancient coin variety, "a few hundred...
Here is a Tiberius as from Spain that seems likely to have been deliberately defaced. [ATTACH] 29-27 mm. Tiberius, 14-17. Struck at Turiaso,...
Sometimes RIC lists a coin as "common" yet the type is actually rare (even though RIC didn't make a mistake). Here is how that can happen,...
[ATTACH] Germanicus provincial from Anazarbaus. 28 mm. Struck 48/49 under Claudius. ΓERMANIKOC KAICAP bare head of Germanicus right Bust of Zeus...
Jugate heads and vis-a-vis heads on one coin, and ships on the same coin! That checks a lot of "this is cool" boxes!
I think it is okay to be confused by our terms for various ancient-coin denominations. What you really need to know most is the diameter, so you...
Not only is that a great coin, it is a great post! Thank you very much for your extensive comments. That coin type sure has an interesting...
Theme: Sagittarius [ATTACH] 29-27 mm. 8.50 grams. Artuqids of Mardin (Mardin is a city in eastern Turkey very close to the border with Syria)...
[ATTACH] 31 mm. Husam al din Yuluq Arslan, struck 596 AH = 1199/1200 AD, vasal of two Ayyubids: Al Afdal Ali and Calif al Nasir Figure seated...
[ATTACH] Claudius, 41-54 One of the twelve Caesars 27-25 mm. 9.77 grams. Struck 41-50 TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP IMP head left Minerva...
I think it is the type AE4. VICTORIA AVGG(G) Victory advancing left with wreath and palm, sometimes with christogram in right field 410-423,...
Here is another example of Commodus/Zeus Ammon: [ATTACH] 25-24 mm. 10.44 grams. Year 23 = 182/3. Geissen volume 3, 2225. Forschner 747-8 for...
That is a very nice coin and an excellent writeup. I love it when people post information with their photos. Here are two of that design, one...
That is a very nice coin. Here is a hairstyle from Serdica: [ATTACH] 25 mm. 6.21 grams. Galeria Valeria VENERI V-ICRICI •SM•SD• ✳ in left...
Let's admit it. Many dies for Roman Republican denarii are not particularly well engraved. I could show some that are close to cartoonish. But,...
[ATTACH] AE22. 6:00. 6.40 grams Constans Well-engraved designs and mostly correct obverse letters and legend, but with incorrect reverse letters....
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