JA, here is a similar one from Antioch, with artistry not as good: [ATTACH] The globe is there but the hand holding (cupping) it is hard to...
JA, the Constantine II you cited is a gorgeous coin and one of the best examples of its type. I think it is "unofficial" and some people use...
I have been collecting for a long time and somehow failed to get a portrait of Agrippina Junior until now. I found one at a non-ancient dealer at...
Doug is right (as usual). Read up a bit on the history and find coins that you are pleased to own because they relate to something you know. Most...
This article, dated today, says a hoard of 518 late third century Roman coins was found at Leominster in July 2013 but just announced by the...
Steve, your Syrian coin is gorgeous. I love the coloring. The man opposite Tyche might be Philip II instead of Philip I.
I made a web page listing web sites where you can buy ancient coins. If you want to spend a lot of time looking at obscure ancient-coin-sale...
That coin is truly remarkable. 8 mm thick! You can show that to a non-collector and they will certainly be impressed. I'm impressed!
We've seen Arcadius and Theodosius pieces with this small VICTORIA AVGGG (three Gs for three emperors) type. Here is a Valentinian II: [ATTACH]...
They Pecumem auction sure has inconvenienced people who made plans to be at their computers at the right time today, only to find out it has been...
I am writing just to bring this thread to the top again. Read my comments a few posts back if you haven't already. This is an important issue....
Does anyone have a tale to relate of immediately disliking a coin received in the mail and later growing to like it enough to be happy with the...
I just added a nice coin of Jovian to my educational site about AE coins of Jovian: http://esty.ancients.info/Jovian/Jovian.html It is this one:...
If the objective is to preserve archaeological information then suppressing collecting is a misguided approach that will inevitably fail....
Here is more (shocking!) information posted (not by me) on the Moneta-L list. You really need to sign this petition! ("Coming soon to a theater...
CNG and others wrote me about an assault on collecting in Germany (below). I wrote a response on the site and you should too. ***** Over the last...
JA, that is a very attractive group, well written up. Well done!
I have a sneaking suspicion that for many of us "one of each" would, by preference, be "one of each type in the British Museum." Unfortunately ...
AJ, that's an idea. I chose to illustrate larger coins with larger images, approximately proportional to their actual sizes.
I have jazzed up my Table of Contents page: http://esty.ancients.info/ Previously there were no pictures and you had to read words describing...
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