Late Roman bronzes can be attractive and inexpensive. However, if you collect for a long time and go deeply enough into them you find some are...
The ancient Greeks did not use lower-case letters. In the old days, scholars who studied numismatics studied Greek and to them the lower-case...
That neat OP coin shows that knowledge can add a great deal to a coin's appeal and value.
If you are interested in the late Roman Republic and the imperatorial period, here is a nice coin of interest: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Imperatorial...
Here are some options for portraits of Septimius Severus, if you accept provincial coins. They have the virtue of being big--much bigger than...
I prefer that active coins of positive interest not be discussed. Of course, it's okay to point out active fakes.
I have a web site on reverses unique to a particular emperor. http://esty.ancients.info/unique/unique.html It has been up for a year. Today I...
The term "grade" refers to wear alone. You don't have to like that fact--it is just what "grade" means. The coin shows no wear. It is the strike...
The fakeseller is also on this fakesellers list: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/fakesellers.html If you wonder about a seller, perhaps...
Given a choice between a sestertius and a denarius in the same condition, I would pick the sestertius. Bigger is better!
I wonder how many of you Roman coin collectors would consider adding an emperor with a "Roman Provincial" instead of a "Roman Imperial" coin? Here...
As you may know, the finest catalogs in the world are produced by NAC (Numismatica Ars Classica, from Switzerland). Recently they put out...
You can get an excellent Philip for $40. To me, that makes the Philip worth much less than $30.
The current Agora auction 60 at http://agoraauctions.com/ has a number of my coins for sale, mostly Roman provincial. Unlike lots in some...
Hirstova and Jelov's 2006 book "Marcianopolis" has this reverse design, including the scale and cornucopia, as 6.33.354.2 (four pieces...
Even Byzantine-coin lettering, which is usually bad, is not as bad as on the OP obverse. It a fake.
Mine is for sale at the current agoraauctions.com auction 60, lot 110: [ATTACH] Troas, Alexandria Troas. Civic issue. Mid-late 3rd century A.D....
Today I added to the references on dating Republican coins, with comments. http://esty.ancients.info/Repub/TimelineTable.html (The bulk of the...
Probus sometimes has cool armor and shield: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] VIRTVS PROBI AVG MARTI PACIF, Mars the pacifier walking left holding olive branch...
I collected ancient imitations, fourrees and barbarous radiates, for decades. Here are some of them for sale, remarkably inexpensively. Many are...
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