I revised my OP page on Byzantine coin reference works. @Suarez gave a good suggestion which I included and I thought of a few more books to...
Collecting is a hobby of the mind. Ancient coins are just artistic pieces of metal if you know nothing about them. However, they are fascinating...
These are not parallel concepts. One is fake ancients. The other is ancient fakes. Fossil forgeries are modern fakes of old things. Fourrees are...
Some coins of Tacitus are very nice: [ATTACH] 22 mm. Tacitus, 275-276 IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG CLEMENTIA TEMP, Δ, XXI in exergue RIC 210 Antioch....
@lrbguy , I will consider your point, and that of @Severus Alexander too. My paragraph at the end of...
[ATTACH] Byzantine emperor Justinian II, 685-695 and 705-711. 20-nummia piece struck on a quarter of the flan of a larger follis. 24-16 mm. 3.23...
The OP coin has beautiful even dark toning. If the toning is somehow removed, it will no longer be "even" and it is highly unlikely to remain...
I recommend wrapping it in a towel or rag so it doesn't drop on the floor.
I write web pages for beginners http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ and other collectors http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ A topic that comes up is...
Photos 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are surely of fakes (Photo 10 goes with 1). 2 and 3 are of a very worn coin with some corrosion. It is possibly...
Here is a thread on one of the most careless strikes ever: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-double-strike.302756/#post-2850141...
[ATTACH] Titus as Caesar, 73 AD. 18-17 mm. Only 2.76 grams. IMP T CAESAR COS III, c/m on neck. IMP VES, with some letters ligate. AVGVSTAE PACI,...
Fakes. Sorry!
One week.
I got it in the recent Naville auction.
Most of the common FEL TEMP REPARATIO AE coins are of one of five types: soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman, hut, galley, phoenix, or emperor and...
Shapur I: [ATTACH] Sellwood 12. 26-25 mm. 4.18 grams. [ATTACH] Sellwood 14. 23 mm (Distinctly smaller in diameter) 4.11 grams (similar weight)....
[ATTACH] I have read the three-volume series which is great. It is about the people and very entertaining, but maybe too much for beginners. I am...
I see the mintmark as ANBI with S in the upper left field. That makes it RIC Antioch 149 or 151. The position of the horseman makes it 149,...
Most late Roman emperors after Constantine issued a limited number of types. If you get out your reference works and list them all you may find...
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