There is a slogan you have heard recently with this message. To be "great again" requires having been better in the past. Perhaps in a few years...
@Pishpash, I am sorry about your headache. The link you gave shows numerous nice GENIO POPULI ROMANI coins. I especially like the Diocletian from...
There is no support in the article for the "40,000" year subtitle. The article states "coinage – especially in Europe, Asia and North Africa – was...
And, they are usually not in great condition when found. Witness mine: [ATTACH] Diocletian with LON mintmark. 28-26 mm. 8.37 grams. RIC London...
I love the GENIO POPVLI ROMANI coins of the first tetrarchy. They are big and often in very nice condition. The legend and basic type continued,...
That is completely correct and very liberating. Collect what you like and move to something different whenever you want.
Leg XI [ATTACH] Crawford 544/25. Sear 1479 variety "Mint moving with Antony" Struck 32-31 BC.
Trajan explicitly honored his father: [ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117 DIVVS PATER TRAIAN 19 mm denarius. 3.39 grams. Sear 3323. RIC 252. BMC 500. Hill...
The OP photograph with the appearance of the coin just above water gives me the heebies! How often have we heard about keeping coins away from...
Here are two coins I recently added to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html [ATTACH] Claudius II, Gothicus 268-270 17 mm. 2.66 grams...
There is a new ancient-coin auction on vauctions: http://www.vauctions.com/ Some of the coins (not all) have very low opening bids. There are...
Here is one I got in 1985: [ATTACH] Salonina 22 mm. 3.34 grams. DEAE SEGETIAE RIC (Salonina, Joint reign) 5. Sear 10631
I like AE of Theodosius. Here is a listing I made of a complete type set: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/TheodosiusSet.html You can get a very...
Here is an Amiens mint coin of Magnentius. The mint was established by Magnentius in 350 and continued minting for a short while after it fell to...
Can you think of any product less likely to retain value than a watch? Perhaps some wealthy people can be convinced it is a status symbol (and Tag...
It is really volume II.1, the Flavians (not Nerva-Hadrian for which RIC II.2 has not been published). It is a very good book with lots of analysis...
This coin is worth less than $1. There are many ancient coins in excellent condition and extremely many in good condition. Collectors want nicer...
It reads ARAB ADIABENIC. It is a type of Victory over the Arabs issued by Septimius Severus. RIC 466, "AD 195-196" IMP VII. It is a really good...
No, it is the combination of legend and type. For example, the page has a type with legend CONCORDIA EXERCITVM. He was not the only emperor to use...
Some Roman imperial reverse types belong to a particular emperor. For example, [ATTACH] You can tell who issued it just from the reverse. I added...
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