"Physical books are so 20th century ;)" I suppose one could collect pictures of coins, instead of coins. Then you could have a beautiful...
I congratulate Cyrrhus on spending money on books. Books lead to knowledge (if you read them) and knowledge makes coins more interesting.
The people who attend an auction can look at both sides of all the coins in a large lot. If the firm does not picture both sides of all coins (and...
I thought I read recently that vcoins had 23,000 [Edit: corrected in the next post by Ken Dorney to 250,000] members, which I presume means people...
I wonder how many of us are young? If you collect ancient coins and are under 30, let us know.
Here is a small Greek fractional silver from Ephesos with the usual symbols of the city, the bee and stags (stags are associated with Diana, and...
If anyone gets really interested in architectural types, here is an educational page citing some reference works about them:...
Nap, thank you very much for the images and especially the commentary on each.
JBG, that's Marcus Aurelius, not Lucius Verus.
Here is another Caracalla PROFECTIO reverse variety: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 19 mm. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT PROFECTIO AVG Struck 213 according to Hill...
Constantine arrives, London mint: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Struck mid 310- late 312 according to RIC (that is, before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge....
Rating surfaces on a 1 to 5 scale is not detailed enough to describe a coin even if it were done well. The MS70 system for US coins has all the...
In the Church calendar this time of year is called "Advent." Advent is "the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to Christmas and...
Mat is right.
I can do the non-Indian subcontinent pieces. I'd guess those are between 2 and 5.
I like, in numerical order #4 Galeria Valeria, #11 Larissa AE, #19 Thessaly, Lamia hemidrachm, #25 Lucania Velia with lion, and #48 a Republican...
Someone suggested about four people care and might collect them and know the answer to Doug's question. I know and know of one other, for sure....
Phil, your article is convincing. I have Banti and since I read it thought that his argument was good. Also, it balances the numbers so that each...
Copper coins of Valentinian I (AD 364-375) are some of the most common ancient coins of all. It is easy to find inexpensive AE3's in excellent...
When I was young, teachers explained how great the advance was when letters were invented and hieroglyphs were replaced. The sounds of two dozen...
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