Here is my site on the AE types of Vetranio: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/vetranio/Vetranio.html There are only six types, three AE2's and three...
You certainly did help. Thank you! Dividing it "PROC ICTRW" makes Istros (= Danube) clear. My division "PRO CICTRW" concealed it.
Theme: Baby face [ATTACH] CASTOR, struck only for Geta. Caesar 198-209, Augustus 209-212. Struck 204 as Caesar [Hill] or 200-202 [RIC] or...
[ATTACH] Diocletian 26-24 mm. 8.92 grams, 12:00. The same type but for the name IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG and A in the reverse right field...
Hey participants, remember the idea of the game. Find a coin that fits the current theme and select a new theme related to that same coin.
[ATTACH] Here are twinned Arcadius (AD 383-408) fakes. There were several more identical (except for recently applied surface cover) "coins" in...
The profile is stronger on the second, especially the nose, cheek, and chin. That decides it for me; I voted for the second.
@Browns Fan , there are two types of prices--the price to buy and the price to sell. Most people with coins they don't know about are more...
I was collecting for a long time before I bought my first siliqua, a silver denomination that first became common under Constantius II (AD...
In case you are late to this thread, be aware there are two different rarity lists, one for Roman imperial coins here:...
Is this the earliest one we can show that actually names Serapis? [ATTACH] Postumus, 259-268 21-20 mm. 4.39 grams. SERAPI COMITI AVG, Serapis...
I second these motions. We are not the only ancient-coin discussion group. Another one is...
I have a long page on buying ancient coins on eBay: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/auction.html It is packed with information and advice....
I just added 16 $5-$15 coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html and Zeno (late Roman) and Gelimer (Vandal) AE4s here:...
As @Jwt708 noted, this is not a Roman provincial coin. With this date, we would call it "Greek."
That's right. The OP post didn't give the diameter, which would be c. 15 mm for a quinarius and more like 18 for a denarius. A quinarius in top...
I recommend Michael Grant's A Guide to the Ancient World: A Dictionary of Classical Place Names, which has 728 pages of such information,...
"Romans knew Cybele as Magna Mater ("Great Mother")", according to Wikipedia. Her role as a goddess is hard to pin down. One aspect is "mother of...
For the record, the OP type is Crawford 414/1 and Sear 365, dated to 63 BC. Here is mine: [ATTACH] 19 mm. 3.92 grams.
If there are any ways to turn students on to a love of ancient coins, giving out one in the context of a talk on them must be among the best....
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