My class A1 is 22-24 mm and 5.74 grams. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Many A2's are much heavier than 9 grams and 30 mm or more in diameter (some up to about...
I'm glad to see someone so deeply into a specialty (especially one I do not collect).
About the original CAESAR coin. If the bottom-left of the photo on the left is opposite the left of the coin on the right, here is a proposed...
Zumbly showed an example of the rarest FTR type.
The biggest difference between the various numbered subclasses of "Class A" anonymous folles is that A1 is distinctly smaller and lighter (It has...
As Doug noted, in the Byzantine period the Roman "V" for 5 began to be shaped more like a modern "U". Take a look at this 5-nummia piece of...
Where does your essential spirit, your GENIVS, reside? Your heart? Your gut? Your head? Apparently the Romans considered it to be in the back...
There is good reason to collect FEL TEP REPARATIO types. They are inexpensive. They have good size. If condition is your criterion, they can be...
DIVO SEVERO PIO [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Different reverses: Eagle on globe; pyre, with facing quadriga on top; draped throne with wreath on seat.
I think grading ancients on a single scale is impossible and discussion of it is tiring. There is no good parallel with grading US coins on the...
If you want to turn them into money, you won't get much. The Galerius is worth maybe $2 and the Phocas more, if it can be cleaned of green spots...
I have for sale some great reference works at http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/numislit.html The newest ones are listed here. Shipping in the...
It might have the facing bust of a lion, with the top at 4:00. Ionia, Miletos.
That same dealer, Forum, also says "For coins, our consignment fee is 10% of the sale price or a minimum of $40, whichever is greater." So, that...
The shipping included insurance, not just postage. On a nearly one thousand pound purchase, the amount for insurance would have been on the order...
That is so true. The more you know, the more is interesting. You will never come to the end of it. That is good. You can collect for 40 to 50 or...
Doug's posts are wonderful, informative, and well-illustrated. However, I think the Genius types are great too! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Galerius, of...
The coins of Volodya and Carthago are spectacular. Here is mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Bought in 2006 at a show, 40 times its cost would buy...
Aelius was governor of Pannonia. Therefore I like the coin of Pishpash above which explicitly mentions Pannonia, as does this one[ATTACH][ATTACH]...
I am selling off coins from my collection of coins of Valentinian I and later emperors at http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Valentinian.html as I...
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