Some people argue that auctions are higher priced and others argue that vcoins is higher priced. I limit my thoughts to auctions from coin...
The OP had a helmet only type, as well as a type with Athena in a helmet. Helmet only types are much less common. Here is a small one: [ATTACH]...
I don't understand how this is compatible with the countermark @dougsmit showed I have the countermark on a coin commonly attributed to Datames...
Mine has the type of @Mikey Zee 's, but not the quality. [ATTACH] The two deep test cuts managed to avoid the the key parts of the type. The...
I own it and used to use it, but it was published long ago as an outline and working draft. It has been superseded. Use RIC. A few years ago I...
When anyone posts coins, they should include the diameter, unless the denomination and its size is well known. The size comparison with the finger...
@TIF, I love the writeup and it is definitely a fabulous coin. I can't show anything remotely like it (but wish I could!).
I'd like posters to (always) give the diameters of the coins they illustrate. Images by themselves are not enough to tell how big a coin is...
Thanks for the excellent post with the story of the fall of Constantinople. The coin is a super prize.
Here is my Crawford 38/6 = Sear 615. [ATTACH] 25 mm. I once was in a library that had Haeberlin and noted he listed 271 specimens. Not rare!
Emmett is close to a complete list of types, which is why it is the most-cited work. However, as others have noted, it lacks photos and the...
I have read it. We must be up to three by now (if you count the author). :)
Long ago I was very interested in imitations including fourrees. I wrote this site: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/ which goes into some...
I love the dirt on it. Don't ever clean it!
I added some high-quality coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Shipping is discussed there. [ATTACH] Maximinus Thrax, the Giant,...
At coin shows I like to go through "junk box" coins where one can pick unattributed coins for low prices. I made a junkbox on the web;...
At my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html I added [ATTACH] Caracalla, tetradrachm of Tyre, Syria. 27-25 mm. 13.99 grams. eagle front on...
This does not say the value is marked on it, does it? The head of Roma on a Republican coin (or any other type) could be a "mark upon it to be of...
Collect Roman provincial coins, a.k.a. Greek imperial coins. There are very many types as rare as that, and often they do not command much of a...
I added some interesting ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html [ATTACH] Gallienus (253-268) struck at Roman...
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