Hey Bob, I love the facing-bust tets. They are not easy to find. Congrats!
I agree with those who think $200 would be a good deal and $275 would be okay. The style and centering are excellent. The lettering is clear. The...
The hut type is nice and large (for the period) and occasionally comes in top shape: [ATTACH] Constantinople mint: CONSH
Here is a real grandmother with a big nose: [ATTACH] Julia Maesa, grandmother of Elagabalus (218-222) and Severus Alexander (222-235). IVLIA...
I didn't mean to suggest Maximinus II was driving the consolidation, rather that the world was going in that direction and his types acknowledged...
In the East, Christianity was proposing one god who did it all. Those who recognized multiple gods began to consolidate their powers and join them...
@Jwt708 and I have "turn about is fair play" coins. The OP of Maximinus II had Sol holding a bust of Serapis. We have (Genius with attributes of)...
As Doug noted, red patina is rare. Here is a red Domitian as: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] FORTVNAE AVGVSTI 28-27 mm. 9.56 grams. Sear 2805v RIC II.I 544,...
Robert Kokotailo of Calgary Coin has just announced an update to his pages on grading and quality of ancient coins:...
That type is rare. I'm not sure it was as popular as they hoped it would be. Forgiving debts is risky politically. Sure, those rich people with...
Hey TT, that is an excellent example with the name complete. It is nice enough to have been an individual lot and you are lucky to have gotten it...
[ATTACH] Helena, first wife of Constantius I and mother of Constantine the Great later Saint Helena Struck 337-340 [RIC] 15-13 mm. 6:00. obv: FL...
Some paper catalogs have excellent collections. These two have specialized collections. If your collection overlaps these, you will enjoy the...
Constantine is one of the most interesting emperors and one of only two to have the title "FIL AVG" ("FIL AVGG") ("son of the Augusti") on coins...
Here is my "Men" piece of Septimius Severus: [ATTACH] 33 mm. 26.17 grams. Antioch in Pisidia COL CAES ANTIOCH Lindgren and Kovacs 1204, Von Aulock...
Morkholm, Otto. Early Hellenistic Coinage. [$91 on Amazon (ignore the offering at $1563!). $92 on ABE. None on vcoins. [Here $59 + $5 shipping in...
I have a book for sale Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, by D. M. Metcalf, first edition, 1983. 102 pages...
It is a great improvement, but the "next acceptable bid" is the buy price if there has been no bid, not the next acceptable bid. The part that...
Here is a list of ancient-coin sellers (many not full-time dealers) I compiled. http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/dealers.html Some are major....
I am offering some ancient-coin literature and catalogs for free, or nearly so. Take a look here: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Books.html...
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