The top four coins are Claudius Gothicus and the bottom is Valens. Prices are very subjective in ancients. There are many factors at play....
A great guide for beginners is The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins by David Van Meter, and it is reasonably priced.
You have a date circa A.D. 530 for the scripulum, and in your references note that it is not in RIC VII, but RIC VII ends with the death of...
Constantine I A.D. 2007 30mm 9gm Obv. CONSTANTI NVS PF AVG Rev. KONSTANTINTHALER 2007 SPARKASSE TRIER CITY-INITIATIVE TRIER e. V. The...
Here is a coin celebrating Rome as the eternal city. Constantine I A.D. 320 20x19mm 3.0gm Obv. CONSTA-NTINVS AVG laur. helmet, cuir....
I believe that is just a border around the bust, which is much clearer on the example below. [IMG] Many coins from this period exhibit this...
Ancient coins were minted in the millions, and many still exist. As I said earlier, many are quite plentiful. In my collection, I have over one...
Let me ask you a hypothetical question...how much do you think an average Lincoln penny will be worth in 1700 hundred years?
Your coin is not worth much at all...maybe a few bucks on a good day. This coin has a lot of corrosion, in fact, it seems to be mainly patina....
Some sell for so low because they are as common as the dirt that they are found buried in! There is also, for which I am thankful, not that large...
Some types of ancient coins, like late Roman bronzes, are actually quite plentiful.
It is bad if they are flips with PVC in them. There are non-PVC flips that can be used for long term storage. However, flips allow the coin to...
I am selling five nice Maxentius coins. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvictor_j_clark Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius in A.D. 312....
There are a few sets of books on ancient coins as it is a large subject. In this case, you might be referring to The Roman Imperial Coinage, a 10...
Many numismatists would disagree. It is true that we have no inscriptions or surviving papyrus letters stating what S F stood for, but the authors...
London did not keep in convention in many aspects. London also used other marks also such as MSL which can't be confused with an abbreviation for...
I was wrong about the date of the two standards for Rome or RIC is off with the date, but this issue is dated to A.D. 335-6 in volume VII. Of...
London only had one officina at this time, so it would seem unlikely that there would be a need to distinguish between first and second. This...
Sometimes there is a resemblance, and sometimes not. Any resemblance is better attributed to the particular style of the engraver and the fact...
There is still much that could be found out about the coin. What do the inscriptions mean? How about the S F in the reverse fields...many believe...
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