Here is one from my "unique reverses" page: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html [ATTACH] TELLVS STABIL, woman (Tellus?) standing left...
TIF is right. Coins of Claudius II from Alexandria are usually without much artistic or technical merit. [ATTACH] Her first one has a wonderful...
I'll join the chorus. I would crack it out and save the NGC labels. I wouldn't be surprised if the dark spot on the Adam's apple is an adhesion...
On my "Christian symbols" site there is one type with a Christian connection that my original listing failed to mention-- the "eyes to heaven"...
Martin, does that neat coin with its Roman key symbol mean you now need to acquire a Roman key? They really do look like that! Congratulations on...
Click on the image to find out who issued the type. By the way, the small "two Victories" VICTORIAE DD AVG Q NN type for Constans is common for...
I would first mention names almost anyone has heard of: Ancient Greece, Athens, Alexander the Great, Christ, Julius Caesar, Nero, the Roman...
I just added one more "unique" type at the top: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html Do you recognize, from the reverse alone, who issued...
Doug and John, I appreciate your comments and have fixed the site to address them all. John, I hope those links work correctly now and Doug, I...
I have created and posted an educational web site about Christian symbolism on Roman coins:...
[ATTACH] Here is a Procopius (365-366 AD) AE3 of Nicomedia. Procopius was formerly rare (R2 or rarer in RIC, published long ago), but is at most...
Vetranio had only six AE types. Click here http://esty.ancients.info/ and then on the Vetranio link...
Above I wrote about selling books on Amazon and how some are priced too high to ever sell, but the high prices provoke other sellers to add copies...
A dealer can ask any price he feels like. Whether it will be sold at anywhere near that price is another matter. Any experienced collector...
Occasionally one can find a nice AE3 of Theodosius II, but it won't be as nice as a good solidus. Here is one from my Late Roman Bronze site...
[ATTACH] Portrait pieces of Varus are provincial coins that are extremely rare and expensive, but provincial pieces struck in his name can be...
Yes, DAFNE belongs on my site, as does the GLORIA EXERCITVS Gil mentioned. Over time I will try to add more types. Readers, if you have more...
Some Roman imperial reverse types are unique to particular emperors. I added one to my "unique" page:...
Both appear to be modern fakes. The first is not a regular ancient coin type and the second is a poor example of a well-known fake.
With zubmly's suggestion I found it. It is BMC Greek Phoenicia, Sidon 212, plate XXIII.13, of Nero, struck 58/9 AD. The lettering below Europa on...
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