I think it is the same title. Maybe that vcoins example was the world's last retail copy (Amazon, ABE, and AddAll have none). Anyway, it seems...
Here is another example of two Byzantine anonymous folles of the same class (Class I) but much different sizes: [ATTACH] Nicephorus III,...
Wow! That price seems high. We know some coins are going high, but I wouldn't expect it of books. If someone wants a copy, contact me.
Here is a Julian II as Caesar of the same type. [ATTACH] 18 mm. SMKΓ RIC VIII Cyzicus 122.
There was a coin reform in 348 which improved the quality of the AE coins. Several new types had legends "FEL TEMP REPARATIO" (Happy times are...
Yes, they are pretty obscure! Coin series from central Asia are unlikely to be collected or known to US collectors. For those of us who like...
Thank you! That helps.
Here is an obscure coin type: [ATTACH] 18 mm (the firm I bought it from misdescribed it as 12 mm; I'm happy it was actually larger) and 1.54...
I have added some coins to my sale site http://augustuscoins.com/index.html since I last posted here. They include drachms in celebration of...
Previous posts have proven the point that internet photographs do a poor job of giving an impression of size. Most of us put up individual photos....
@dltsrq , I'd like to private message you, but your CT settings do not allow it. Would you please contact me, perhaps at the e-mail address on my...
Lot 180, the Crispus, was one I checked and the provenance was correct. Nevertheless, the price was, in my opinion, far too high.
SSS Sel-16 does not have the halo (nimbus) on the obverse seated figure and has a figure seated with visible individual legs, whereas the coin of...
The plate coin of Zeno 949 in RIC X, plate 33, is mine: [ATTACH] 12 mm. DN [ZE]NO PE AVG [PE for PERP] Victory dragging captive left, SE CN...
What is the diameter (and weight)? I think it is SSS Sel-7 which, unlike yours, usually has the throne back curved. The reverse legend does not...
Here is a Justin II and Sophia from Carthage, year 8 = 572/3: [ATTACH] 32-30 mm. 20.11 grams. Large and heavy! Obverse has "VITA" in exergue....
The GENIO POPVLI ROMANI coins of the first and second tetrarchies are among the most common large ancient coins. They were minted at 14 mints...
Spengler and Sayles wrote Turkoman Figural Bronze Coins, volumes 1 and 2, which covered the Artuqids and Zengids. Unfortunately, Spengler took ill...
Coin photographs on the web often do not give an impression of the size of the coin. If you recognize the coin as, say, a denarius, then you know...
Here is a Gordian III of year IIII = 242/3 struck at Viminacium. [ATTACH] 28 mm. 21.24 grams. PMS COL VIM Female figure holding inscribed...
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