Here is a very common reverse type for Constantine with an unusual decoration on the shield on the obverse. [ATTACH] RIC Sisica 61 with an...
Here is one of the OP type. [ATTACH] 20-19 mm. 7.05 grams. Seleukos I, 312-280 BC Minted at Seleukia on the Tigris in the "late 280's" winged...
It seems Roman coins suit this thread more than Greek coins, but there are some very common Greek coins. This is perhaps the most common type of...
Here is a poem by the famous English poet Thomas Hardy, who lived in Dorchester, written on a visit to Italy after visiting a Roman theater at...
No ancient coins are more common than those of Constantine, and this is a very common type of his. [ATTACH] 18-17 mm. 3.20 grams. CONSTANTINVS...
Here is Claudius II arriving to Rome in 268: [ATTACH] IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG ADVENTVS AVG, Claudius riding horse left, raising right hand in...
@Voulgaroktonou , what a group of rarities! Any one of the first five would be very difficult to find in those grades and the last, Constantine...
I just added eight nice Byzantine coppers to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html including a very nice Class D, a rare and nice...
Helios (Munchen = Munich, Germany) The firm opened in 2008. Coins are very well-photographed in full color, with some enlargements, illustrated...
EDIT: Oops! I put this in the wrong forum. Please go to the "For Sale" forum instead....
River gods are occasionally depicted on Roman imperial coins and commonly on Roman provincial coins. As far as I know, there is no book that...
Since I last responded I got an e-mail mentioning a coin-- this one: [ATTACH] on my VOTA website: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ telling...
I watched it and went to the linked page mentioned in the video. The most interesting thing to me is that the source of the Aqua Traiana was...
We want ancient coins, so we invoke the (unnecessary) "investment" excuse/justification. It might not even be wrong. But, there have been threads...
@Voulgaroktonou , that is a fascinating post. Furthermore, the large-flan coins in it are remarkable. Thanks for writing them up.
Interesting. That is what I see for some items, but not for other items. For example, my URL to a Caracalla tetradrachm got me this page:...
I suppose eBay customizes pages depending upon one's bidding history. For example, I just tried the URLs of several coins I saved (some I bid on)...
Suppose I save the URL of an coin I'm interested in and go to the URL after it closed. I have started getting "The listing you’re looking for is...
Who is the "they" in that sentence? If by "they" you mean the graders/authenticators at NGC, I disagree. Their people are have many years of...
I have a web site "SECVRITAS: The real meaning" http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/SECVRITAS.html I wrote it after the late Ted Buttrey...
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