I suppose it does for modern coins you don't want to touch. But, those of us who collect ancient coins and want to fondle them would find it hard...
Good question. I just skimmed through Melville-Jones's Testimonia Numaria of original ancient Greek writings about coins and saw the term "obol"...
How much does it weigh? The weights of hemiobols (1/2 obol), obols, tritetartemorions (3/4 obol), trihemiobols (3/2 obol), diobols (2 obols) and...
Metcalf introduced it in 1970 in Metcalf, D. M. "Interpretation of the Byzantine Rex Regnantium folles of Class A" in Numismatic Chronicle 1970,...
Some beginners want to know more about ancient coins in general. Some have specific questions they ask on CT. CT is a good place to learn. Many of...
@Roman Collector , I appreciate your link https://www.cointalk.com/threads/herennia-etruscilla-bust-styles-and-mints-its-confusing-indeed.308030/...
Herennia Etruscilla was the wife of Trajan Decius (who reigned 249-251) and mother of his sons Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian. She in on...
No fair showing it against the Guinness Book of World Records largest grain of rice! :happy:
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