@Bing, the Mark Antony restitution piece was a real steal. Also the Caesar from 103 BC is excellent.
I am pleased someone is collecting Roman provincial coins by city. I have a paper map of the ancient world pinned to a cork board on my wall and I...
A Nero/Poppaea at $24.50 is a super deal. What history!
My favorite bang-for-the-buck pieces are the Aksum (Axum) piece ($21-30), Constantius ant ($41-50) and the Gallienus ($1-10). Nice job!
Here are ten coins from this year that each cost, shipping included, less than $100. Although I did buy some coins from friends, I am not...
Byzantine copper coins are often overstruck on previous Byzantine copper coins. Often the undertype is almost obliterated and only traces remain....
Right. That's why they were (eventually) replaced with copper coins and disappeared from coinages.
Most tiny silver coins are early, 4th C. BC and often earlier. When coins began, the were precious metal and had the value of the metal, perhaps...
Here is a 9 mm obol from Tarsos, Clicia, said to be issued by "Datames" c. 378-372 BC (The same type is on much larger staters with clearer...
Sometimes a nice coin comes up for sale and it is slabbed. Well, if the price is right the coin can be acquired anyway and the problem fixed....
I put three late AE4s on eBay at low opening bids, far below typical retail. Here is your chance to pick up 5th-6th century pieces at bargain...
I like to know the distribution of the number of coins struck by a die, or at least the mean, at various places and times. Was it 20,000 coins per...
Perhaps the most famous Byzantine emperor is Justinian, 527-565 AD. An ancient author, Procopius wrote two books about him that are still extant...
David, what (besides RPC) identifies this coin as one of Titus? The portrait? The "YIOC" (which means what?) in the legend? The rest of the...
It could get worse. Consider the "Terrorism Act and Antiquity Revenue Prevention Act of 2016" introduced by a Republican senator and co-sponsored...
Here is an excellent list of published monograms (It is not my site): http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Monogram But, it...
I was looking for information about Byzantine coins of Heraclius (610-641) with countermarks. Countermarks from Sicily are fairly common, but I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] MEC 1, 145 (Municipal issue). Ostrogothic. Municipal coinage of Ravenna, 536-554, time of Witigis and Baduila. 16 mm. 2.76...
Some coin types are very common, but that does not mean they can't have artistry and remarkable style. Witness this coin: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It...
I catalogued this recent purchase tonight. I wanted to post it so I searched CoinTalk for "Caesarea" and found this thread. Here is mine:...
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