I have recently added Byzantine, Constantinian, other late Roman, and Greek coins to my site at the top of the main page....
King Roman Quniarii, Rome Diocletian 19 page 413 and plate 35. "first issue" when "Diocletian was sole ruler" page 226.
I have repeatedly posted on the joy of assembling "mini-theme" collections. I love the idea of completing, or almost completing, a small type-set....
When I posted the OP at the link: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Gallus/ I included some rarity data. One of our members, @randygeki , was kind...
There are quotes from good books above. Do not think that they are necessarily the correct answers. Harl wrote a book I recommend (but, with some...
Considering the originals copied by the barbarous radiates are usually not in excellent condition, it is remarkable to find a well-struck...
Neat! I love small sub-collections with a mini-theme with a few or several coins that can be completed, or almost completed. I can think of very...
[ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, sestertius. 31-30 mm. 21. 55 grams. FELICITAS PVBLICA RIC IV 676. Sear II 8228.
I have a web site on the quinarius denomination: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quinarius/ I just added this example to it: [ATTACH] L....
Many nice VOTA coins have been shown. I have a site on VOTA coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ with several sub-pages including one on VOT...
Mithradates II was king from 123-88 BC. That's a long time and his portraits changed over time. I have Sear 24, 26, and 28. I wonder if the...
Byzantine coins have a wide variety of mintmarks. Here is one that is fun: [ATTACH] This is a large (33-32 mm) year 13 (XIII = 539/540)...
Here is an example from year 4, his final year: [ATTACH] PM TRP IIII COS PP (year 4) Struck 238 before April [BMC] BMC 219 Sear 8314 (no photo)...
Another restitution example [ATTACH] DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER type restored under Titus, IMP T VESP AVG REST 27 mm. 12.36 grams. Dupondius. Sear I...
I reconfirm what the others have said. It is a tourist reproduction, i.e. fake.
I revised my OP page on Byzantine coin reference works. @Suarez gave a good suggestion which I included and I thought of a few more books to...
Collecting is a hobby of the mind. Ancient coins are just artistic pieces of metal if you know nothing about them. However, they are fascinating...
These are not parallel concepts. One is fake ancients. The other is ancient fakes. Fossil forgeries are modern fakes of old things. Fourrees are...
Some coins of Tacitus are very nice: [ATTACH] 22 mm. Tacitus, 275-276 IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG CLEMENTIA TEMP, Δ, XXI in exergue RIC 210 Antioch....
@lrbguy , I will consider your point, and that of @Severus Alexander too. My paragraph at the end of...
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