The Cherson cast coin is type E28 retrograde (the top of the rho, P, for Romanus is pointing backwards) on http://esty.ancients.info/Cherson/...
Victor, you could use this occasion to become an ancient-coin collector and follow this friendly web community on this site for a while until you...
Scientists give a reason why Roman concrete lasts so well: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215185026.htm Do you have any...
Ras Suarez, author of ERIC II, has announced and posted rarity rankings based on twice as many coins as the previous rankings. The original Excel...
I have the old Frank Kovacs catalogs. It was lot 190 in his mail bid sale number 5, May 30, 1980, and realized $275 (and there were no buyer's fees).
Here is mine with four dots: [ATTACH]
New coins from rulers or places or eras you didn't already have represented in your collection are a great occasion to get out the books and read...
You advisors are correct--it is fake.
Gil-galad mentioned "A Guide to the Ancient World" by Michael Grant. It is about ancient cities. I recommend it for anyone interested in Roman...
John is right on all counts.
In the 1980s I had relatives who lived near LA and one time when visiting them I went to NFA at their ritzy store. I came away with this DIVO...
Here is my Constantius II SPES REIPVBLICE[ATTACH] 16 mm. 1.73 grams. Struck 355-361 according to RIC. RIC Constantinople 149 "scarce". After more...
Krispy, thanks for showing us the display.
John, thanks for continuing to post Nabatean coins. Which of the reference works listed here: http://esty.ancients.info/catalogs/Nabatean.html...
Sometimes a coin portrait is so well done you feel you could recognize the person if you saw him. This quality is not usually associated with...
This common Greek silver sometimes has impressive style: [ATTACH] 22 mm. 6.02 grams. Sear Greek 2231, BMC Thessaly page 3, #27 var. SNG...
Hadrian sestertius: [ATTACH] 33 mm. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS / COS III BMC 1297, plate 81.7, says struck 124 or 125 to 128 AD. RIC 636 says 125-128...
Septimius Severus and Julia Domna: [ATTACH] 28-27 mm. "Sept" in Greek 10:00 - 11:00. "Severus" in Greek 11:30 - 1:30, "Julia" 2:30 - 4:00....
Reading Arabic coins is a challenge. I found this book: Plant, Richard. Arabic Coins and How to Read Them. 1973. Hardcover to be very useful. It...
Antioch was an important Byzantine mint, but suffered disasters in the 520's under Justin and then Justinian. Read the story of the coins here:...
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