Here is a Julia Domna antoninianus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Julia Domna VENVS GENETRIX 22 mm. Sear 7098. RIC 388. BMC (Caracalla, sole reign) 23...
Around the lettering on the reverse of TIF's are "harsh cleaning scrapes" she noted. I wonder if original patina would have survived that. Is it...
For me #3 is best, perhaps because it seems the lightest/brightest. All are good and if the exposure of #1 and #2 were adjusted to make them a...
Some of us collect ancient coins with themes in mind. The theme need not be the exclusive focus of the collection, but it receives special...
I am a little surprised that Roma would include that Nero in their sale. They generally have very high quality coins and I should hope they look...
No, 1.83 grams is very light. However, it still looks genuine. I imagine it is very porous and fragile. I recommend you do not test this theory by...
Yes, type 75, http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type75.html an AE2 for Theodosius II and Valentinian III was very rare until well after the Iron...
I have updated my site on late Roman AE http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/index.html with images of types of Valentinian III which did not...
I didn't look at the original file. Upload images, but don't expect us to open zip files. You can compress the images and still leave them as jpgs...
On sale, you say. Would you be willing to say where, if the dealer has any left, or others you failed to buy?
XVI on a Republican coin is unusual, historical, and even controversial, but not worth $325 unless the coin is super.
If I had Doug's group, I'd keep the third one down and pass the rest along to Doug.
Coins like Collect89's are a good reason to like late Roman AE. You can get a type set of high-grade coins without spending a fortune. I recently...
Two excellent and clear animal symbols. That is special. Congratulations!
Here is my answer to that question:[ATTACH] Romanus I, 920-944 Sear 1769. Obverse legend: +RWMAN BASILEVS RWM Romanus, King of the Romans...
I wrote that high grade of examples of common coins are cheaper now than they were on fixed-price lists in 1995. The context differs in Doug's...
Seth77, can you tell us which of Estiot's articles mentions the Smyrna attribution? I went to the ANS site on numismatic literature and could not...
I was going through some old files and found notes on the costs of Roman imperial coins offered by one of my favorite dealers (Empire Coins, no...
Here is another article on officina numbers: http://esty.ancients.info/RomeOfficina/Officina.html
For this period RIC is old (1933). Your Procopius type was unknown at the time. Numerous examples, almost all in terrible or mediocre shape, have...
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