When I print a flip in Word, which is not often, I prefer side-by-side, rather than the orientation used by GR above. Two regions that fit 2x2's...
Yesterday I was looking through and enjoying old Sternberg catalogs (a Zurich firm from 1973 to 2000) and stumbled across this coin of mine (which...
Here is one from SNG von Aulock, volume 2, plate 99, #3100. [ATTACH] Julia Paula, wife of Elagabalus (who reigned 218-222) City of Saitta in...
I have Sear, Roman Coins and their Values, Volume II, Hadrian 3677, an as, on pages 166-7. [ATTACH] I got it from a friend who bought it from...
My 90-year-old friend DC authorized me to substantially reduce the prices on the page of coins I am selling for him:...
@Carausius has it exactly right.
I just put on my site this nice Republican coin: [ATTACH] and this unusual facing-bust Parthian coin [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and some Vandal and...
I recommend my own site for ancient-coin books: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/numislit.html
#8 is a quadrans minted under Trajan (98-117 AD) with head of Hercules opposite his club.
Most people no longer want paper copies of sale catalogs. I, myself, have given away many. But, there are some I want and if you have them and...
Congratulations on finishing your mini-set. I like listing groups of three to six coins that have a clear theme and can be completed. It may take...
Here is an example: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] They are numerous but often do not have the both the full year (X/V/II) and mintmark legible.
I think it is listed as RIC 183, page 160. The left side of the first V is partially die-filled making the V look a lot like an I. I think it is...
Here is, by request, comments on books on how scholars use coins to study history. The primary work (including Greek coins) is by Christopher...
The next step up from Goodwin and Foss is "Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, Volume I, the Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic...
Here is mine like the OP: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] You can make out DM FO .. for Focas (= Phocas) and U II for year 7 = 608/9 and NIKA below This one...
My most-used books are the first three volumes of Sear (but not four and five), all of RIC, all of BMC, and Failmezger "Roman Bronze Coins: From...
It seems on the nose on the denarii of P. Servius M.F. Rulius is in a straight line with the forehead. Here is a third example: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Here is a thread discussing the use of ammonia on coins: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cleaning-coins-with-ammonia.260487/
That one seems to be an ancient counterfeit. However, be aware that in some eastern regions women are often adorned with gold coins in jewelry....
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