I find that hard to believe. 6000 DM! Yes, the city is important, but BCD Olympia (Leu 90. lots 307-313) has seven examples, most better.
What do you think this coin is worth? [ATTACH] Constantine, AD 307-337. My first thought was a low number, say, $5. After all, coins of...
Yes, I think all of the coins appearing on eBay with this fabric are fakes. There is at least one eBay seller who simultaneously offers coins with...
I think it is a modern fake, but I am not voting from those choices for lack of an appropriate option: "I think it is fake, but not worth sending...
@Greg Heinrich , I like the coin you are considering buying. It looks great to me. If the price is right, buy it!
Here is a Julia Domna/three graces coin from Marcianopolis: [ATTACH] 24 mm. 6.64 grams. The Three Graces 15.3.7e, page 107-8. Plate 2.15. Sear...
I updated my site http://augustuscoins.com/index.html with some nice ancient coins. For more details, including inexpensive shipping, on the link....
@Roman Collector , I gave your post a "like," but it is far more interesting than that and I would give it several if I could! Nice work! Thanks...
No Spoilers! I have a website on reverse types of Roman coins that are unique to a particular emperor. I have lots of ideas of coins to add to it...
Everyone seems to agree that XXI refers two numbers, 20 and 1. It seemed one possibility could be "20 of some smaller unit", but that possibility...
That type with one captive is unusual. In fact, when Mattingly wrote 1933 article in Numismatic Chronicle article "FEL TEMP REPARATIO" he...
We had a thread which turned into a discussion of pre- and post-reform radiates of the coin reform of Diocletian:...
Here is a a coin I bought in 1998. Back then denarii of this base metal were not called "limes-denarii" but now coins like this one are. [ATTACH]...
True! Nice pickup! The problem is now you have about 500 types of Republican denarii to go (not counting control-mark varieties).
Ancient-coin collectors prefer raw coins. Grading is largely for beginners who come from collecting US coins. Many of them are used to slabbed...
I think Heritage is not as interested in showing both sides of coins because most of their coins are slabbed and graded. They are less interested...
It seems like one must click on coins individually on them to see their reverses. That site allows seeing the coins tilted angles (which is of...
Are you saying this is not in your budget? [ATTACH]
Here is another coin with Artemis killing a stag, this time from Cherson in Crimea in the north Black Sea. Coins of ancient Cherson are scarce...
@akeady, thanks for your suggestions. I didn't know about Elsen's "weekly e-auctions" and I thought of the others as major auction firms listed on...
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