I'd say the Postumus alone was worth that! Nice pickup!
I have a page of $5-$15 ancient coins: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html Today I put 17 Byzantine coins on it. I deleted many that had...
I think it is highly likely they were from the same engraver. Issues of Greek copper coins were not so large that they needed a huge mint with...
On the other hand, I know an author who wrote a good book about his specialty which he had collected for many years. Then he sold his collection...
This thread is wonderful, with many posters offering excellent advice that I could only second. For example, @TIF has defined a mini-collection...
@Granbeck , when I am on the main page: https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/ the top of the page looks like this: [ATTACH] See where it...
Edessa in Mesopotamia struck a sestertius-sized provincial coin showing Gordian III seated on a sella curulis, up on a dais, receiving Abgar...
[ATTACH] Price greatly reduced! Hardcover. This book costs $395.94 in hardcover on Amazon. No copies are on vcoins. It is the bible of the...
Here is a beautiful Greek silver in good metal: [ATTACH] Silver. 13-12 mm. Mysia, Parion. 2.29 grams. Gorgon/Medusa head facing, tongue...
@dougsmit , I like your idea. I just went to my profile page and aded in a bit, not very specific. I hope others choose to fill out enough in...
Here is a Kingdom of the Bosporus coin of Rheskuporis V (AD 314/5 - c. 342) [Some authors number him "VI"]: [ATTACH] Much of his name is on the...
Here is a 12-11 mm "bronze half": [ATTACH] Head of Demetrius right wearing Corinthian helmet with bull's horn (weak, straight up above the ear)...
In Methods of Chemical and Metallurgical Investigation of Anicent Coinage Lawrence Cope writes in the article "Surface-silvered ancient coins"...
Some issues, like this one from Ticinum, spell his name with a "K". I have enjoyed this coin since 1988. [ATTACH] IMP C M AVR KARVS PF AVG,...
The choice is clear when collecting ancients: all raw.
I wonder the the seller had a shill bidder (himself) attempting to drive up the price. (If it was eBay, look at the other bids and see it the...
I just added fifteen inexpensive, $5 - $15, ancient coins to this page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html Some are later Roman, some...
I am sorry to hear that. As everyone who has been at it for a while knows, your pages on ancient coins are the most entertaining on the web. I...
@David@PCC, your post about emulators was helpful. I searched the web and found emulators. Although I write web pages I am not a computer whiz and...
When you shop for ancient coins or visit CoinTalk, what size screen do you use? I use a Mac with a 15" display. I wonder how many of you utilize...
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