The "die box" theory of minting has the obverse die firmly mounted in an anvil and the reverse dies hand held (with tongs). When the mint workers...
"Genius" is a word with a modern meaning which is not the ancient Roman meaning, which is more like "spirit". Many Roman coins depict the "GENIVS"...
I have been adding coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Some are quite remarkable, including a very nice Johannes AE4, a very...
Arab-Byzantine: [ATTACH] Struck at Tiberias, Jund of Jordan, c. 660-680 [According to Foss] 23 mm. 4.35 grams. Foss 81. SICA 587-591. From 11:00,...
It sounds like Florida got off far easier than where @TIF lives. I am interested in updates from @TIF.
Okay. I don't find this reverse with "COS I" in RIC or in BMC. So, yours is not in RIC or BMC either. It seems we have variants of published types.
This coin is pretty similar to a denarius of Emesa: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, head right, laureate SAECVLI FELICIT around moon and seven...
I don't have many Sasanian coins, but you can never have too many reference works. From Charles Davis I recently bought the two-volume series...
When you study abroad there will be academics (whatever you are supposed to be studying) and lot of other, cultural, things. As a professor, I...
A "double strike" is not the same as an "overstrike". Overstrike refers to a new type struck on a flan that was a coin of an older type. We had a...
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Fascinating. I recommend the wikipedia story to the rest of you. Medusa turned men to stone and the bronze was erected facing other famous...
@IdesOfMarch01, who is the sculptor and what are his dates?
Thanks for the reminder. I edited it. It is there now.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The lead coin on my page about ancient imitations: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/ Moneyer Q. Minucius Ter. M.F. Obverse: Head...
I went to vcoins and typed in "Augustus temple" and that seemed to work. I do not vouch for the value of the comparable coins there.
I hope you invited him to visit CoinTalk. Many of us would be collecting alone were it not for on-line forums. A newbie is more likely to continue...
I got this one in late August: [ATTACH] Class A2, attributed to Basil II ("the Bulgar slayer") and Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Sear 1813....
Byzantine copper coins are often overstruck on previous coin types and the quality control was often so bad that the undertype can be identified,...
I just added a variety of ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Trajan sestertius AQUA TRAIANA, Licinius II with an...
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