I have collected fourrees for many years and have an educational web site on them. Now I am selling a few with very special reverses. The original...
Props to Insider for having the guts to delicately bring up the issue of authenticity.
Those are nice coins. Generally, buying from Bulgaria is a bad idea because so many fakes come from there. But, if you do, the next goal is to not...
Pick wrote Antike Munzen Nord Griechenlands. Someone (not me) photocopied the part of volume 1, part 1, about Marcianopolis and Nicopolis, pages...
I like FORTVNA types a lot. Here is one of Constantius I (293-306): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Constantius I, Caesar 293-305 and Augustus 305-306...
That DIVO CONSTANTIO is remarkably nice!
VRBS ROMA with chi-rho between the stars: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Only at Arelate (Arles) which had been renamed Constantina in 328 in honor of...
I feel a sigh of disappointment whenever the subject of grades comes up. Not because the contributions are wrong, but because of where the...
"Perhaps we need a way of trading low end things" I recommend CoinTalk! https://www.cointalk.com/forums/for-sale/ If you have good photos (and...
The first Alexander has the tip of the nose off the flan. I find off-centering that cuts into the portrait disturbing and not worthy of a "5" when...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Manuel I, 1143-1180. Byzantine emperor. Tetarteron (a flat type, not the cup-shaped type). 21 mm. Large for type. Bust of St....
In 1955 C.H.V. Sutherland published a book, "Art in Coinage" of which the first half considers ancient coins. It does not discuss master ancient...
Mars was most often regarded as the god of war. On coins he is usually portrayed in military dress with a helmet, shield, and spear. Legends often...
The second quiz by TIF linked there was hard. There are some cities on the map that are very close together. One pair I got right, another I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] 18 Sept. 335 - summer 337 FL DELMATIVS NOB C GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS Two soldiers and one standard. SMANI Antioch mint. RIC 112....
As long as we are posting relatives of Constantine, we need to see a Delmatius: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 18 Sept. 335 - summer 337 FL DELMATIVS NOB C...
You can certainly form a fascinating collection of high-grade Roman coins at under $100 each. They won't be the most famous emperors (not Julius...
I just now added this rare Provincial coin to my site: Anonymous Roman Provincial of Smyrna, Ionia. c. 238-244 AD 25 mm. I think it is unlisted...
When you get a Carausius GGG you need Diocletian and Maximian too: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Carausius, 23 mm. Diocletian, 24-22 mm. Maximian,...
I have some high grade tetrarchal and Constantinian era (early 4th century AD) AE3 coins for sale here:...
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