Dear @TIF, please PM me a gif of the secret handshake. Here are my credentials as a certified member of the Parliament club: [ATTACH] I bought...
On my page I wrote this about the anepigraphic type I illustrated above: "There are many more examples of each type than van Heesch found in...
I have a web page on these types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/MaximinusII/ [ATTACH] This is one of the rarer types.
I think the Kingdom of the Bosporus has a claim to bad portraits. Here's one from Thothorses (285-308)/ The coin is dated explicitly below the...
I just added a new mintmark for Antioch under Justinian (527-565) to my page which tells the story of the mint and why its mintmarks changed from...
I can think of some issues of ancient coins where the "portraits" are really bad. Byzantine copper is not known for die quality, but coins of Sear...
I have just added some excellent coins to my website: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Included at the top are a stater of Metapontion...
The OP coin is very nice with very good color and excellent style. is not how most firms would grade it. There is too much wear along the...
Theme: Neptune [ATTACH] Postumus, 259-268. Gallo Roman Empeeror. Neptune, standing with dolphin and trident NEPTVNO REDUCI Saer III 10963. RIC 76...
No. [ATTACH] Maxentius, 306-312 24 mm. 5.60 grams. CONSERV VRBS SVAE RBQ RIC 210, page 378 "C2, 308-310"
@Milesofwho , that is a very attractive representative group. I like your coins!
In 2001 I wrote this on rarity and how it influences cost: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/rarity.html Very many people have read it since...
[ATTACH] DIVO AVGVSTO SPQR Massive 35 mm sestertius struck under Tiberius. BMC Tiberius 125. Sear I 1784. RIC 62 struck "35-36" Augustus seated...
For well over a hundred years numismatists have regarded the coin-reform of Anastasius as the beginning of Byzantine coinage. The solidus...
Heraclius, Byzantine emperor 610-641, had wars with the Sasanians and then the Arabs, while having trouble holding Italy and Sicily. His financial...
The Allectus aureus is in the upcoming Dix Noonan Webb auction, June 6,...
Theme: Peacock [ATTACH] Paulina DIVA PAVLINA CONSECRATIO BMC 127 Sear 8400 20 mm. 2.77 grams. The author of BMC was unaware of any ancient...
@Quant.Geek , your Cherson mint pieces are very nice. Thanks for adding them to this thread.
With so many owls being offered now from that hoard we hear about, I thought it was time to ante up and get a nice one. It was slabbed, but isn't...
Good. I'm glad it's legal. I have it in hardcover and recommend it to anyone interested in Roman Republican coins.
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