Here is an VRBS ROMA from Siscia: [ATTACH] 19 mm. 2.87 grams. 6:00. RIC VI Siscia 222 "C3" = extremely common These are connected to a great...
It might well be a very good book, but, in general, auction sale catalogs provide more bang for the buck. They are written by experts, superbly...
I wish they would put the PR on sixbid. I bid there and still (6 days later) have no indication of whether I won anything or not. The PR would let...
As an update, the OP mail from Oregon to Edmonton arrived today (Oct. 25) after detouring to London.
It is amazing that genuine ancient coins can be bought so cheaply. Enjoy! [ATTACH] Claudius II 268-270 IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing with club...
Ancient coin collectors often think US collectors care far too much about tiny differences in design, elevating prices of some minor varieties to...
How do you know? The PR is not on sixbid yet and I had no indiction whether my bids were high or not at the time I submitted them. I don't see PR...
Mine came from an eBay auction and I got it for less than 1/3 of that, shipping included.
I got this massive (8" x 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" thick) 3-volume series, The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium inexpensively. A casual glance through it...
Here are new coins not yet on my site. If you like them, please compare prices elsewhere. [ATTACH] This is a small AE version of the common...
Yes, it does. Yours display correctly.
I did that and got Greek easily available. The upper case Ο came through as Ο so I typed the whole CAPS keyboard to see what it did: ;ΣΕΡΤΥΘΙΟΠ...
[ATTACH] Constans, son of Constantine the Great. 333-350. 15 mm. 1.62 grams. CONSTAN-S PF AVG VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN TRP in exergue. D in field....
@Roman Collector , thanks! It works very easily. I just tried it to write the letters I needed ten minutes ago for my "Greek AE" thread and got...
Thanks for pointing that out. I have the book and didn't think to look in it. Pages 86-87 discuss this point thoroughly with ten greatly enlarged...
[ATTACH] This is a small AE version of the common large silver of Side in Pamphylia. 16-15 mm. 2.53 grams. 12:30 die axis. Helmeted head of...
[ATTACH] 25-24 mm. 6.61 grams. Modius or tower? I'll go with towered headdress, but without certainty. [ATTACH] 26 mm. 6.63 grams. S A in...
If you collected ancient coins, this question would not arise. Yes, we care about quality, but do not attempt to quantify it on a linear scale the...
City walls and gates make a great theme collection. Some collectors add in temples, considering the theme to be "architecture." Here are some...
Bidding closed on the 19th. In this impatient age it would be nice to be able to see the PR by the end of the 21st, but it did not happen.
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