Jovian lasted eight months, not three, and the mint distribution makes it clear his coinage spread east to west as expected. They are surely not...
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I have added a web page on the four AE coin types of Jovian, Roman emperor for eight months in 363-4: http://esty.ancients.info/Jovian/Jovian.html...
Thank you for the ID! This is a great forum.
[ATTACH] Here is a headless body, formerly thought to be Medusa, but now thought to be Arnold. :)
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This coin is a mystery. It was a mystery to the seller and now it is my mystery. I am hoping someone can recognize it. It seems...
I think the "eBay thing you don't know about" is that they are experimenting with visibility in various countries. Things listed outside the US...
Justinian's coins at Antioch: http://esty.ancients.info/interesting/Justinian.html If you don't know the story of the calamities at Antioch...
Zumbly, I would think that if a coin sells for more than the estimate the estimate was an "underestimate," so your worst cases were of...
I just posted a minor web page about long Roman Imperial mintmarks. http://esty.ancients.info/longmm/LongMintmarks.html The Julian coin is new and...
My site: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ illustrates many ancient imitations and has an extensive annotated bibliography on the "references" page:...
The eBay description says 10 mm and 4.01 grams. Something is wrong about that. The diameter is not enough for the weight. I agree about the likely...
Wow! I don't collect English coins, but that sure is impressive. That's one I wouldn't mind owing. Congratulations!
Just so readers know, the top of the obverse is at 4:00 in the photo. The detail you can see at 9:00 - 12:00 is his cuirass.
[ATTACH] Constantius Gallus 21 mm. 5.43 grams. RIC Siscia 335. This heavier one shows weights were not very consistent.
Here is one of Constantius II:[ATTACH][ATTACH] 22 mm. 4.03 grams. RIC Siscia 334 (said there to typically weigh about 4.25 grams).
Here is a Domitian as with natural red patina: 28-27 mm. 9.56 grams. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It has a lot of titles: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII...
For beginners I recommend this site: http://esty.ancients.info/numis/ which answers frequently-asked-questions. It is part of a larger site:...
Dear Abby said in today's paper that Valentine's day has a connection with Claudius II (Roman Emperor, 268-270). So I looked on Wikipedia and...
The pictures are terrific. The coins are great. The site looks excellent so far. I wonder how the layout will work when you have many more coins...
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