The best single book on Roman provincials is "Roman Provincial Coins" by Kevin Butcher. On my page of book recommendations:...
Here is a very rare Byzantine coin for sale. It is from the mint of Cherson in Crimea in the north Black Sea and is the half-follis with a large...
@dougsmit , thanks for starting this thread and pointing out the existence of these coins. Mine, which RIC gives to Antioch, is from Estiot's...
This is exactly where each of us posting in the ancient forum began. There are many web sites that provide education and advice. I recommend:...
Here is my educational page on ancient imitations: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/ That page is linked to an annotated list of reference works...
It was cleaned and possibly brighter copper-colored at one stage, but either it was retoned (maybe with Deller's Darkener) or is retoning by...
I think notes about a coin's special interest belong on its flip. I use color to make sure the note is noticed. Most late Roman AE3s sell for...
Many of us have found that our children and grandchildren have no interest in the old-style hobby of collecting. I will give you some advice....
If you are interested in late Roman silver (Argenti, siliquae, milirense), this is the book: Roman Silver Coins, Volume V: CARAUSIUS TO ROMULUS...
@Victor_Clark , to get one with a shield and something on it is cool. To get a new device is even cooler. I have some "VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC...
I just added some ancient coins to my $5-$15 page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html I also some to my "Valentinian and later" page:...
When I first saw this I didn't answer because I was uncertain about the "cross". I am confident the coin is authentic. I personally think the ones...
This forum lists twenty threads on the main page. Tonight I noticed that all twenty were added to in the last five hours. Threads that have not...
I second TIF's remarks. I also looked and the countermarks TIF noted that Howgego has on coins of Iotape don't look much like the one you have....
During the early third century AD the Koinon ("League" of cities) of Macedonia struck coins under the Romans. Here is one from the league dated to...
The previous posts have told the story. [ATTACH] 19 mm. Domitian. Struck AD 73. The reverse has an elegance from its simplicity and lack of...
Hey @Blake Davis , that is a great quote! I will put it on my site and thank you. It is one of those connections to history that make coins so...
Cilicia is that coastal part of Turkey at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea. Prior to Alexander the Great it was under the control of...
Here is a travel type that does not fit into the "ADVENTVS" or "PROFECTIO" categories discussed here recently. [ATTACH] Welcome to Egypt....
The weights of cast coins tend to be far more variable than the weights of struck coins. There is no way to prepare their flans to the right...
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