AN, you bought many nice coins. If I had to pick, I would say I like 8 and 12, beautiful Sasanian coins, the best.
As others have said, we need sharper photos to give good opinions about authenticity. In the blurry photos it almost looks cast (which would make...
You can become a millionaire by hoarding cents--just accumulate a hundred million of them!
I just tried an Aelius denarius in google images (obverse only) and got an array of 20 coin images, 7 of which were ancient coins and none of...
Yes, Doug, I omitted mentioning the Romulus commemorative with FILIO = son: [ATTACH] IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO NV FILIO
Maxentius issued a series of commemorative coins in the names of Constantius I, Maximian, and Galerius, c.310-311. Maximian was his father and is...
askea's link is very good. It mentions several theories for the use of cup-shaped coins. The old theory that "they stack better" has been repeated...
Doug is right. For coins of this time period, this illustrated list may be useful: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ Click on the image of...
That statue (of the kneeling Astarte) does not look ancient to me. It has a modest pose unlike the vast majority of ancient statues. The face and...
The Reka-Devnia numbers tell a lot about rarity in that time period. Maybe many collectors do not care, but you found something special and they...
For a short article on portraits of Geta, see http://esty.ancients.info/Geta/
For my collection of early Christian symbols on coins I got this Delmatius:[ATTACH] The chi-rho is only on issues of Arelate with mint mark SCONST...
Hey Bing, Tranquillina is very rare on the Roman imperial coin list. However, she is not so rare in the provincial series. That ranking list Ras...
The Cherson cast coin is type E28 retrograde (the top of the rho, P, for Romanus is pointing backwards) on http://esty.ancients.info/Cherson/...
Victor, you could use this occasion to become an ancient-coin collector and follow this friendly web community on this site for a while until you...
Scientists give a reason why Roman concrete lasts so well: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215185026.htm Do you have any...
Ras Suarez, author of ERIC II, has announced and posted rarity rankings based on twice as many coins as the previous rankings. The original Excel...
I have the old Frank Kovacs catalogs. It was lot 190 in his mail bid sale number 5, May 30, 1980, and realized $275 (and there were no buyer's fees).
Here is mine with four dots: [ATTACH]
New coins from rulers or places or eras you didn't already have represented in your collection are a great occasion to get out the books and read...
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