$65 is too much, in my opinion. If you continue in the hobby, it has so many "problems" that I doubt you will never grow to like it.
One interesting feature your your Republican coin is the triga (with three horses). Many have a quadriga (four horses) or a biga (two horses) but...
Beginning collectors may be concerned about what to collect, reference works, and rarity. Answers from the members of this forum usually resemble...
Rarity. Stick around a few years and you will find it a tiresome subject. What is "rare" in RIC often does not correspond to what interests...
My educational web page http://esty.ancients.info/numis/learnmore.html which begins with books about Roman coins continues with books on Greek...
Maximinus II had other types with a deity holding the head of a different deity. Here is one of Sol holding the head of Sarapis: [ATTACH] 23 mm....
I love Roman AE from Valentinian and later. You can identify most using this web site, which is called RIC IX since it begins with coins of that...
AN, you bought many nice coins. If I had to pick, I would say I like 8 and 12, beautiful Sasanian coins, the best.
As others have said, we need sharper photos to give good opinions about authenticity. In the blurry photos it almost looks cast (which would make...
You can become a millionaire by hoarding cents--just accumulate a hundred million of them!
I just tried an Aelius denarius in google images (obverse only) and got an array of 20 coin images, 7 of which were ancient coins and none of...
Yes, Doug, I omitted mentioning the Romulus commemorative with FILIO = son: [ATTACH] IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO NV FILIO
Maxentius issued a series of commemorative coins in the names of Constantius I, Maximian, and Galerius, c.310-311. Maximian was his father and is...
askea's link is very good. It mentions several theories for the use of cup-shaped coins. The old theory that "they stack better" has been repeated...
Doug is right. For coins of this time period, this illustrated list may be useful: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ Click on the image of...
That statue (of the kneeling Astarte) does not look ancient to me. It has a modest pose unlike the vast majority of ancient statues. The face and...
The Reka-Devnia numbers tell a lot about rarity in that time period. Maybe many collectors do not care, but you found something special and they...
For a short article on portraits of Geta, see http://esty.ancients.info/Geta/
For my collection of early Christian symbols on coins I got this Delmatius:[ATTACH] The chi-rho is only on issues of Arelate with mint mark SCONST...
Hey Bing, Tranquillina is very rare on the Roman imperial coin list. However, she is not so rare in the provincial series. That ranking list Ras...
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