Welcome, John! This forum is very friendly and we often recommend web sites written by collectors who have attempted to answer questions that new...
I have just posted an educational web site on ADVENTVS types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/PROFECTIO/ADVENTVS.htm ADVENTVS means "arrival" and...
A member of the CoinForgeryDiscussionList https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/info?yguid=116957790 lamented that...
@Black Friar , your example of the first-year Justin II is much nicer than mine: [ATTACH] 33 mm. 19.35 grams. Justin II (565-578) Sear 378....
It is published by Spink. When I had difficulty finding volume II I wrote them and they had it.
Here is an Arab-Sasanian coin of Ubei Dalliah Ibn Zaid (55-67 AH) [ATTACH] 33 mm. 4.16 grams. 3:00 die axis. Struck year 61 = 680/681 AD,...
There is a two-volume work that does exactly this for Greek coins. Testimonia Numaria by John Melville Jones has "Texts and Translations" in...
I just got an impressive half-follis of Justinian. The story begins with the coin reform of 538. In year 12 (AD 538/9) of Byzantine emperor...
@ancientcoinguru showed a book by Harl. I say this about it on my web page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html " Many collectors...
@Charles1997 , the OP coin looks very nice. You might have spurred some of us to go looking for it and bid against you!
@Aleph , your collection is outstanding. I put a link (the first link!) to it on the "references" page:...
I just added Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer to my ancient-coin-book site:...
I have a site on the quadrans and semis denominations: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/ which I have announced here before in a thread where...
You can get a "zoo" of interesting animals and mythological creatures on coins of Gallienus (Roman emperor 253-268). [ATTACH] Who doesn't like a...
Many collectors and dealers put price information on flips in code. The most famous code is REPUBLICAN 0123456789 because it has 10 letters for...
I was preparing to bid in an upcoming European auction on the Emax platform. I have bid and won with the firm before. But upon my attempt to login...
Here is a link to my page of book recommendations: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html There is a significant difference between...
That is just the sort of coin I was thinking about. Anyone would find those two inverted heads interesting and the eagle on dolphin is interesting...
@papersplz , welcome to the forum. You picked a good coin to start. I also think getting books is a good idea. There are very many good websites,...
I think of Greek silver coins as expensive, but some of the most common types are both classic and not too expensive. If you wanted to show a...
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