Send them to page two of this site for beginners: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ It helps explain why there are so many ancient coins in nice...
I love coins of the tetrarchy. Here is my introduction to them: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/ Here are links to many other pages about...
The emperor we call "Licinius" had full name Valerius Licinianus Licinius [ATTACH] VALerius LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS PF AVG This full name was on...
You were right. That IS impressive! You'd have to know his titles in advance to be able to figure out what this string of abbreviations means:
The emperor we call Maximian or Maximianus (286-305 and 306-308) had full name Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus. It is common for coins of...
Could this be an AE3 of Valens, RIC IX Thessalonica 26b?
Victor is right.
The links are here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/notes.html That page has a few other notes of interest, with supplements to some...
That is an excellent site. It may be more work than many of us will put into our decisions, but it does have a clear exposition of what could be...
I have been studying coins of "The Kingdom of the Bosporus." [ATTACH] The region of the kingdom in encircled. Do not confuse the "Cimmerian"...
On my coin there is a monogram for Heraclius on the left of the M and numerals for 10 and 5, total 15, on the right of the M. Your lower-right...
The one in the lower right looks like it could be an official coin of Heraclius, Sear 808. It looks much better than the Sear plate coin....
I don't know anything about coins like those. Can you tell us more about them? Size, date, attribution?
Magnesia ad Sipylum (in Lydia, Conventus of Smyrna) is a pretty obscure city. Domitia is a pretty rare empress. The combination makes for a pretty...
I bought this one in 1974 and have loved it since. But, it didn't cause me to buy more. I bought a few books on Celtic coins, but I didn't buy...
I like coins of Trajan (98-117), but the deciding factor when I bought this one was the green patina. [ATTACH] Trajan. Sestertius. 33 mm. SPQR...
Some common coins in high grade have fetched remarkably high prices recently. (Given prices include the buyer's fee): $456 for a common Maxentius...
Lots of new firms pop up all the time. The owners presumably think, like some posters here, it is a good (and maybe even easy) way to make money....
Buyer's fees are not the only fees. These numbers underestimate the loss upon selling. It is common to have a 15-20% seller's fee, too. Let's call...
Here is a page with several examples. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/type5i.html The coin is genuine, but it looks like it has had something...
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