Mat, your coin is nicely centered and the type is clear, with good legends. That makes it a nice coin. Good for you!
Dilly, Doug's pages are the best introduction to ancient coins and they interesting even to very experienced collectors. Here is another site...
stevex6 has expanded "Trajan" to cover Trajan Decius too. I like the tetradrachms of Trajan Decius from Antioch. They are hefty coins.
I have a web site on ancient imitations: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ The pages on Republican, 12 Caesars, and second century imitations have...
The Tiberius "tribute penny" (with PONTIF MAXIM) is the most common of only three types of silver denarii of Tiberius. The other two are very...
VK, that is a great writeup. Coins mean so much more when the story is told.
JA, I like your Alexandria CONSTANTINOPOLIS. Here is a short article on the type: http://esty.ancients.info/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html
It is a Commodus, and a very bad one.
JA, your Arcadius is very nice. I don't think there are any varieties that are more valuable, so the low price paid is just a very good deal. They...
I have a web site on the earliest references to Christianity on Roman coins. http://esty.ancients.info/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html Today I...
I don't think it is plated and I don't think the denomination ever was. The photos don't suggest it, to my eye. There are silver provincials...
RIC lists it as an AE2 (page 232, bottom, in Roman numerals), not AE3. It is an AE2.
[ATTACH] Septimius Severus at Antioch in Pisidia/Men standing right with foot on tiny prow, holding vertical scepter in right, resting left elbow...
I bought this Nabatean beauty on vcoins for $2 plus $4 shipping. It arrived today. Have you ever seen a reasonable fixed-price coin on-line...
Here is my example with two standards: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Elagabalus, year 4 (221) at Rome. Horned head. AR20-18 mm. PM TRP IIII COS III PP....
In spite of wikipedia (which can be written by anybody, and in the case of "potin" is wrong) the term "potin" refers to the metal used in some low...
This page has one in the same or better condition for $15: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Greek.html Greek types usually have some special...
For a short article on portraits of Geta, see http://esty.ancients.info/Geta/
Hey, AN, what is the diameter (and weight) of your Class A1 follis? I ask because A1 looks essentially identical to A2 but is significantly...
I am aware of two varieties of "safe" plastic flips which fold to 51 mm (2 inches) on a side. Abafil cases have 48 mm squares and 50 mm is a bit...
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