At coin shows I like to go through "junk box" coins where one can pick unattributed coins for low prices. I made a junkbox on the web;...
At my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html I added [ATTACH] Caracalla, tetradrachm of Tyre, Syria. 27-25 mm. 13.99 grams. eagle front on...
This does not say the value is marked on it, does it? The head of Roma on a Republican coin (or any other type) could be a "mark upon it to be of...
Collect Roman provincial coins, a.k.a. Greek imperial coins. There are very many types as rare as that, and often they do not command much of a...
I added some interesting ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html [ATTACH] Gallienus (253-268) struck at Roman...
I recently posted that I wrote a site on year 5 coins of Severus Alexander. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/SevAlex/ Some of them have Kerberos...
I have a page with a list of all AE types for Valentinian II: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/V2Types.html Some day I will get around to...
In 68, Vindex, in Gaul, revolted against Nero, but had no legions. He asked Galba, in Spain, to help and Vindex quickly raised a large army....
@Sallent, the OP coin is excellent and historical. A "hefty chunk of bronze" is always welcome. Most Roman coin collectors collect silver, but put...
I have been selling the remains of the collection of my 90-year-old friend DC. http://augustuscoins.com/crosses.html Not much is left, but I...
Why would demand increase? Are young people suddenly preferring coin collecting to video games? In a few years there will be virtual reality...
I just posted a new educational website: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/SevAlex/ "Severus Alexander (Roman Emperor, AD 222-235), "Year 5" coins for...
True. It is a large folio volume that takes a tall shelf, but has very good photographic coverage of coins of the region. I liked it so much...
I have not seen it, and I pay some attention, but there are too many sale venues to be able to be confident it has not surfaced. It is my...
@ValiantKnight, long ago, when paper catalogs delivered in the mail were the way people got to see fixed-price coins, I got an Empire catalog with...
My friend Dan Clark collected early Byzantine coins with cross-above-head. I wrote a website about his extensive collection:...
Welcome, @Dafydd . There are very many genuine coins at coin shows. They vastly outnumber the fakes. But, collectors have little use for fakes so...
I'll bet there are quite a few of us who get a Julius Caesar portrait in lower condition than most of the other emperors we have. For example,...
I have one of the OP types in my "Black Cabinet" and have seen many. It is totally worthless and you may smash it flat with a sledgehammer to take...
Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian on a coin of Antioch, Syria. [ATTACH] 31-30 mm. 18.07 grams. Gallus laureate on left and Volusian radiate on...
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