I added this coin to my site just now. http://augustuscoins.com/index.html It is an early Christian type issued by the first emperor to use a...
This site addresses and answers your question: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/ See the starred discussion right below the table of classes....
That is already very interesting and I expect we can look forward to more and more detail with with street views of whatever remains, much like...
Gary, that is a superb writeup. Thanks for taking the time and effort to share it with us. And, thanks for proving there is more to ancient coins...
It has been a year since I started this thread. It was time to renew my "Supporter" status and I happily did. If you enjoy this list and are not...
Here is a Roman provincial coin with a long legend: [ATTACH] Macrinus and Diadumenian, 217-218 Struck at Marcianopolis in Lower Moesia Asklepios...
I'll see your lyre and raise you one and an owl. [ATTACH] 19-18 mm. 3.29 grams. Trajan drachm. ΔHMEΞ YΠAT B [second consulship] Struck at an...
That is very clear and useful with things I didn't know and can use. Thank you.
This may be, but many of us associate "Make an offer" with a higher "Buy it now" price where offers below the current visible price are expected....
I could hardly believe this when it was posted. Last Friday for the first time in along time I put up an item for auction with a low opening bid....
I have an educational site on VOTA coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ I added this interesting sestertius of Antoninus Pius to the...
I agree with all the responders so far. After you have a thousand ancient coins, you can go for something really special. Until then, buy lots of...
I didn't vote because the option "sometimes" was not available. I have bought coins with "Make an offer" several times and failed to do so...
I recently bought Sear's Roman Coins and Their Values volume V. I have RIC, so I didn't need it but thought it would be good to complete the set....
@panzerman , you are right according to Sear, where it is Sear 1463 under "Anastasius II, Artemius" (713-715). (He does not list an "Anastasius...
That is a great coin with an interesting history. The XVI mark is still mysterious. If you want to know a bit more about X vs XVI look here:...
Almost all of mine are in the bank in boxes in flips except for some of the most-recent purchases. The few coins at home are in Abafil trays. For...
The soldier cannot be Maximinus. Maximinus was a later emperor from 235-238. There is no chance he would be on a coin from 30 years earlier.
Here is my site on the quadrans denomination: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/ The quadrans denomination is scarce and usually without an...
It has been a long time since CT has had a thread on FEL TEMP REPARATIO "hut" types. This one came today: [ATTACH] 21 mm. SMKB for Cyzicus...
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