Evan8, welcome! We are glad you have joined us in this great hobby.
My coin of the moment: [ATTACH] Pantikipaeum (in Crimea, now Russia, formerly Ukraine) Beaded satyr right, formerly called Pan (for the city...
There was a coin reform in 498. Prior to that the copper coins were nummia, small AE4s in the 1-gram range. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 8 mm. 0.98 grams....
Here is where we disagree. Slabs draw the eye to the grade and make the coin very difficult to see without more than half your mind on the grade....
Keep the Byzantine copper coins coming! AN's year 13 from NIKomedia is excellent, and huge at 43 mm!
Reduced to $9, postage included in the US. Also, I just put ancient-coin auction-sale catalogs on drastic sale here:...
We often learn something from Doug. I learned I have the common reverse variety with Dea Caelestis holding thunderbolt. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I...
The standard explanation has been to mimic test cuts to demonstrate the coin was not a fourree. Of course, we know that there are serrate cores,...
Take a look at this and see if you know what is on the other side: [ATTACH] Well, you guessed it. It is a nice Victory advancing left, foot...
I, too, read Bob L's article and found it very good and helpful. I own van Haaff, but Bob's good summary is worth reading. Like Bob, I find the...
Thanks, medoraman, for the OP story. My coin has Trajan facing right. Trajan (98-117 AD), AR 19, 3.33 grams. Struck c. 113-114 at Bostra, Arabia...
There are many, many thousands of low-grade coins out there. We need collectors like JA to find reason to collect them. I support any attempt to...
Nero, quadrans [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 15 mm. 2.24 grams. NERO CLAV-CAE AVG GER Helmet right on column, shield leans on right side, transverse spear...
Mine is much like the OP. 9-8 mm and 0.42 grams. [ATTACH] Greek Coins and Their Values 5909. BMC Phoenicia p. 228, Tyre 7. Klein 726.
I have a page on Byzantine coins: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Byzantine.html Today some coins from that page , often substantiallysold and...
Those who said they are fakes are correct. They might be museum replicas, sold in museum gift shops.
The rare "coins of the mines" have the size of quadrantes and are regarded as of the quadrans denomination: [ATTACH] METAL AVRELIA NIS 17 mm,...
The OP reverse is the Monty Python version, after the "flesh wounds."
Well, BMC does not have it, but RIC has it for both COS II and COS III. So, COS II is attested. Looking at mine, I see no evidence of a filled...
Roman emperors took vows (VOTA) promising to do something for the gods in exchange for something they wanted. The emperors wanted a long reign, of...
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