Here is a MARTI CONSERVATORI AVG N for Maxentius: [ATTACH] IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG Mars right with spear and shield, foot on captive. RET in...
@SensibleSal66 , welcome to the great hobby of collecting ancient coins! Here is a large website you will want to visit:...
I agree. That is a nice coin and a good catch. I have thought of making a mini-theme out of collecting long-form names. Often emperors begin...
Another cartoon had snakes pulling a chariot. Here is my Republican example: [ATTACH] 18 mm. 3.97 grams. Denarius. 78 BC. Moneyer M. Volteius...
One of the cartoons had a griffin seated right raising his left paw. No one posted one, so here is my contribution--a small example from Teos,...
I have that FECVNDITAS type as a denarius: [ATTACH] 19-18 mm. 3.15 grams. Denarius. Faustina Jr. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust,...
Here is a Byzantine coin of Leo IV, The Khazar, 775-780. [ATTACH] 24-23 mm. 4.78 grams. Leo IV and Constantine VI (on the right) facing on a...
The coins are excellent. I don't think video is better than photos for things that don't move, or are not at least pictured from various angles....
This moneyer issued several types: [ATTACH] 16 mm. 3.89 grams. Denarius. Young Bacchus or Liber head right Pegasus right, Q TITI on tablet...
The coin has a Pegasus in the field. It is an Alexander type tetradrachm from long after his death struck on a very broad flan--35-34 mm-- at...
On some Greek coins the dots are critical--they give the denomination: [ATTACH] 21 mm. Very thick at 5 mm. 12.99 grams. Himera, Sicily. 430-420...
I, too, like big folles. Here is a page on the SACRA MONETA type: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/SACRAMONETA.html In this case "VRB",...
Trajan is one of my favorite emperors. When it comes to portrait coins, bigger is better. This coin minted at Antioch which is slightly larger in...
I just listed on my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.htmlhttp://augustuscoins.com/index.html eight Sasanian coins (1 AE, 7 silver). That page...
The biddr website says the OP PR was 460 GBP. If it was paid for and the lot not withdrawn, the buyer made an expensive mistake.
Here is a Justinian decanummium of "Salona." [ATTACH] 41-13 mm. 1.38 grams. Sear 332. Hahn 251 (only two listed),
I think it says "aus sammlung" i.e. "from the collection of."
@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix , if someone wants to read that whole letter, here it is: [ATTACH]
@Cachecoins , that is an impressive writeup. I didn't see a link in it to your website: https://www.cachecoins.org/tiberius.htm which has other...
There are many different popular series of ancient coins. One that is not so popular in the west, although collected in Ukraine and Russia, is...
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