Aurelian was Roman emperor from 270-275. He inherited a coinage system with coins of very low quality silver we call "pre-reform" coins and...
The $6 price of an Alexander Janneus in "G-VG" is about half the cost of an elephant CAESAR. I have two widow's mites (in better than G-VG) I'll...
We started out with a Julian II bull. We seen some other bulls and some other Julian II pieces, but not this one. [ATTACH] 18 mm. Julian II....
[ATTACH] 15-14 mm. 3.25 grams. Anonymous litra. 234-231 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right bridled horse prancing left. Crawford 26/3, Sear I...
What do you think it will sell for, including fees? If it went for the estimate, with 20% fees, the cost would be $768,000. The way prices have...
[ATTACH] Roman Republican litra. 273-270 BC. 18-17 mm. 5.30 grams. Helmeted head of Minerva left Bridled horse's head right ROMANO up left side...
I did and I read it. It is well-reasoned and convincing. It could make a paper publication if submitted to a numismatic journal such as the...
There are two threads going now that address the family of Carus. I am posting this to both because it links to a website on the family. The other...
In the short three years of Carus, Carinus, and Numerian their titles on coins underwent several changes. With this post I announce a site on...
I love the look of that Republican coin, as is. Don't use anything on it until you know more. The tone is great. Don't risk changing it unless you...
According to RIC [volume VI, page 667] Alexandria issued radiate fractions "c. 296-7" and, as you note, with a long gap, again under the second...
Yes. It is interesting. I did not mean to say it is not. I meant to say the interest is not in the fact that it is somehow "rare." Collectors who...
No. Zillions of coins are r4 or r5 or unlisted. It will be well-preserved if you do nothing to it. That volume of RIC has thousands of listings...
That is correct. Don't do anything to it at all. Every ancient coin is interesting to some extent, but that one is in no way worthy of...
That is a good point, although I think RIC dated the VOT X and VOT XX post-reform radiate coins of Carthage to c. 303 for poor reasons. The mint...
True. My thought is that the coin I posted and others show that often vows are not from the year on the coin--rather they anticipated the year on...
I see the aureus is MS*, strike 5/5, and surface 3/5. I'm sorry, but I want mine to have surface at least 4/5. I won't be bidding.
I have a website about vows on Roman coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ This VOTA coin arrived recently and it of interest to me because it...
I have a suggestion. If the coins are in flips you might color-code the flips of coins worth slabbing and not slab them now. Say, red on the flip...
What makes something collectable? Presumably it is interesting. Mentally stimulating. You can be proud of knowing what you know about it (very...
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