I added several more "unique" types to the page: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html Click on the link at the top of the page to go...
I just posted a web page on the only coin type of Seuthes III who was an obscure King of Thrace at the time of Alexander the Great....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sear 311. Crawford 384. Here is one with control mark Crawford 120, plate LXVII, which he illustrates but does not name. It...
I am waiting for a camp-gate collector to admit he cares about the difference between a gate with 6 layers of stones and a gate with 7 layers of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The countermarks were struck by the same people who minted the type, only a bit later. Nina Frolova, in "On the monetary...
I just added five "unique" reverse types to my site: http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html See if you can recognize them.
Carus at Roman Alexandria. His apotheosis--his raising to godlike stature = CONSECRATIO in Roman imperial coins.
I am writing an educational site on reverse types that were issued by only one Roman emperor. Just by looking at the reverse you can know who...
Thank you for showing us some (all?) of what you won. They certainly are unusual!
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Doug's Aurelian that inspired this thread is wonderful. Often we like good facial features on the portrait, but long ago I bought...
In the old days coin firms scaled back operations in the summer. There are so many other things for collectors to do in the summer (mowing the...
In 1996 I wrote a "Guest Commentary" for Coin World in which I made a comparison between collecting US coins and collecting ancient coins. Today I...
Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. 26 mm. 10.97 grams. as. MVNIFICENTIA AVG which refers to the spirit of imperial generosity for giving games. It is...
I'll bet you have some coins acquired before you decided on this specialty. I would decide if they have enough (eBay or wholesale, not retail)...
I am sorry to say the Jovian is a fake. Here is the fake example I owned: [ATTACH] The key diagnostic is the lack of even the slightest concavity...
I just put up three countermarked Roman coins for sale on my site. http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/coinlist.html
Nero counermarked Here is an odd countermark on a coin of Nero: [ATTACH][ATTACH] Nero, 54-68 AD, 10.09 grams, with odd countermark, which may be...
Windchild, thanks for the references. My pages began with the intention of listing sale catalogs. At first I thought that those of us with a...
I have an educational page about reference works emphasizing late Roman bronze coins from the period of Diocletian and later....
tiny sea creature [ATTACH] Tyre, 1/16 shekel. 10 mm. 0.47 grams. hippocamp left over waves/owl with crook and flail behind Sear Greek 5916. BMC...
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