I just finished it. I won't review it in detail, but I can say I like it and started it again. The information is insightful and worth absorbing....
Serious collectors want the major relevant reference works. Here are some. Shipping $4 for any number of these volumes listed without given...
The story of the coins of Antioch under Justinian is fascinating. Long ago I wrote a page on it:...
Serious collectors want the relevant references. Here are some for major reference works for Greek coins, Byzantine coins, and 5th century Roman...
10,000! Thanks for all your contributions.
Serious collectors like to have the major references. I am offering some at remarkably low prices. SNG Von Aulock, all four volumes (folio) plus...
Steve, your IOVI FV LGERATORI is unusual. There are very many CONCORDIA MILITVM ants for every one of those. Nice type! (What I mean is, I don't...
"RIC calls it "R", but I think it is rarer than that." This can happen. Granted, most RIC VIII frequency ratings in this time period overstate...
I don't think so. A "bid" of $120 is really a limit, so if the second highest bidder has "limit" 37, the 120 will only be recorded as 38. My...
The auction I won at 120.09 euros was on eBay. I believe their software treats bids honestly. I think there really was an underbidder at 120.00....
Okay. It took 9 minutes to be revealed. The coin was struck 6/5 BC when the (in)famous "Give me back my legions!" general was governor of Syria.
Thanks for the information, Victor. It seems Bastien confirms it is rare.
Here is another almost-boring Zeus coin of Antioch. [ATTACH] 21 mm. 6.11 grams. It has the usual bust of Zeus right and the common Tyche of...
Happy Birthday! It is a very nice coin with the legend in the reverse outer ring quite clear.
Late Roman bronzes can be attractive and inexpensive. However, if you collect for a long time and go deeply enough into them you find some are...
The ancient Greeks did not use lower-case letters. In the old days, scholars who studied numismatics studied Greek and to them the lower-case...
That neat OP coin shows that knowledge can add a great deal to a coin's appeal and value.
If you are interested in the late Roman Republic and the imperatorial period, here is a nice coin of interest: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Imperatorial...
Here are some options for portraits of Septimius Severus, if you accept provincial coins. They have the virtue of being big--much bigger than...
I prefer that active coins of positive interest not be discussed. Of course, it's okay to point out active fakes.
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