Be aware the numismatists use the term "bronze" differently than metallurgists. As a metal, bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Modern bronze...
@dougsmit , thanks again. I deleted "coins of" which was not intended and not correct. It now reads, "Two ancient sources (Panegyri Latani 10(2)...
It has been difficult to find the right wording on my page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/distinguishing.html Now I changed it to read:...
Deleted. Doug is right.
[ATTACH] 17 mm. 3.94 grams. Crawford dates it to 113/112. Bust of Roma left with spear and shield, crescent above, ROMA behind/voting scene, a...
[ATTACH] Chimera, on a coin of Sikyon in the Peloponessos, not far from Corinth. Dove flying left in olive wreath Stater. 23-21 mm. 11.97 grams....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] An official coin followed by a fourree of the same type. These are the first coins on my site about anicent...
[ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117 Trajan's column 20-18 mm. Denarius. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI Struck 116 Sear II 3151 Still in Rome (Photo from 2009):...
@Silver Eagle , welcome! CoinTalk has had many good threads for beginners. I recommend you read this FAQ site:...
@borgovan, start here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ Surely you don't know anywhere near all about US coins, but what you don't know is all...
Ephesos in Ionia (western Asia Minor) minted coins with a bee as the obverse type: [ATTACH] 18 mm. Drachm. 3.54 grams. E Φ either side (for...
[ATTACH] Augustus, 27-14 AD. Struck at Caesaraugusta, Spain 8-1 BC. 27 mm. 12.53 grams. Laureate head left, simpulum and lituus to left priest...
There are many GG coins under Septimius Severus: [ATTACH] ADVENTVS AVGG Denarius. 19 mm. 3.35 grams. Sear II 6255. RIC 248. Struck 202 and...
There is a 1969 book by G. O. Matsson, The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes on the Ancient coins of Bible Lands. Hardcover, 265 pages including 8 page...
[ATTACH] Sicily, Himera (a city on the middle of the north coast) "430-420 BC" (very early for copper). 21 mm. 12.99 grams. (Remarkably thick...
GGG can refer to an issue shared by three emperors, such as this one: AE3. CONCORDIA AVGGG Roma seated, helmeted head left, holding globe on...
This thread is old but one devoted to Gorgon types, so the most relevant thread for this coin. [ATTACH] AE16. 4.47 grams. Macedonian shield with...
[ATTACH] AE18. 4.17 grams. Suessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy. 280-268 BC. Helmeted Athena head left. Rooster right Next: Campania
Oops! Others beat me to it. I was responding to @dougsmit . [ATTACH] Augustus/Rhoematalkes, c. 11 BC - AD 12. King of Thrace. 19 mm. 4.10 grams....
True. It was cast. The vast majority of official ancient coins were not cast, so they form an exception.
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