Focus--schmocus! Who needs to focus when there are so many attractive and interesting new things?
"Billion" is a number. "Billon" is the alloy we are discussing.
Omegaraptor, CoinTalk has hundreds of pages of discussion threads. Many mention beginning collecting and the cost of coins. I'd recommend going...
I have added a "type set" page http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type7i.html on the AE coins of Procopius (AD 365-366) to my educational site on...
Theodosius II (402-450) is a late Roman emperor hard to come by in good shape. I have collected them for decades and am passing some along:...
It is gold over base metal--a fourree. Is this type always fourree?
Doug is right; it is Valentinian II. It is a cute type and inexpensive for him, Theodosius, and Arcadius. It is very rare for Gratian and it is...
Here is my Gallienus "zoo series" Pegasus: [ATTACH][ATTACH] GALLIENVS AVG SOLI CONS AVG 19 mm. 3.07 grams. RIC Sole reign 283K, Rome mint. Sear...
The amount of pay "each payday" depends, of course, on how frequently paydays occur. In this case, where pay was supposed to be 225 denarii per...
If that coin had been found in England, the reward would have been substantial. The Israeli "reward" is not likely to encourage finders to report...
Pman, your coins are spectacular. You may, or course, ignore my question, but I am wondering if you travel a lot to usually buy coins "live", or...
AJ, your excellent coins are made even better by your interesting write-ups. Thanks for showing us the Philip II, but also for writing it up so well.
He has two such books, covering neighboring time periods. The first, published by Seaby and covering 63-49 BC, has life-sized photos which are not...
I like the historical German-victory reverse. There is a pamphlet by Alfoldi, "The numbering of the victories of the emperor Gallienus and the...
The Julian "bull" types comes with an eagle on the ground to the right only at Constantina (= Arelate = Arles) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 27 mm. 7.30...
I recommended some books on architectural types. Now one of the most interesting, "Price and Trell," is for sale in the next CNG e-auction....
I like the interesting architectural type of the OP. Some people collect architectural types and some sale catalogs emphasize them. My "Catalog...
I have a page of "Greek" coins for sale: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Greek.html I lowered the prices substantially, so if you collect...
Grierson wrote a pamphlet and a big book by the same name, "Byzantine Coins." Do not confuse this download, the pamphlet, with the real book...
I had Hunter volumes III, IV, and V. Years ago Volume V (Tetrarchy and later) was one of the best for images of late Roman coins and it had some...
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