Follis, post-reform [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great write-up. The historian Procopius initially wrote panegyrics about Justinian but then changed his color to exaggerated criticism in The...
Try some of the coins of Roman Egypt. They often have unusual reverse types, either of the gods or other figures. Here's one that shows Hadrian...
Maybe an antoninianus of Gordian III. They can be had for less than $100 and sometimes the size approaches a quarter (or at least bigger than a...
Happy 41st @Mat ! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin @7Calbrey. I need to pick up a coin of Tyre and also some of the cities of the Decapolis.
Very nice coin @Roman Collector - I have never seen a "four seasons" coin. Sure would like to pick one up. Thanks for the write-up as well.
Nice coins @Shea19 - thanks for sharing them.
If Alexander had continued something Philip started then I imagine it would have become popular in the days of the diadochoi, when all things...
Very nice write-up @Jochen1
Nice work @Chris B - hope you decide to stick around with ancients.
Great coins @galba68 and an excellent clean-up job.
I have yet to purchase a slabbed coin. So there has been no need to crack one open for me. I think having the coin freely available to hold in the...
I would leave it alone (that's just me). But you may want to quarantine it from your other bronze coins to prevent spreading.
vcoins and m-a shops are excellent places to buy fixed-price coins. Also check out Forum Ancient Coins. I buy some fixed price coins to augment my...
Scandalous. Just Scandalous. Sounds like a reality show script. Thanks for the interesting write-up. Here's my Antioch tet of the crazy guy....
That's good, I ended up with 2 out of 4. I raised my bids on the two I won until I was comfortably ahead. On the two I lost I advised Frank that I...
From the photo I can't tell. I'm slightly worried about the lack of flow lines emanating from the lettering and flowing to the edge of the flan....
How about a Nerva, the first of the "good emperors" My Nerva from Alexandria... Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria...
Byzantine Anonymous folle, 10th century... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] more Christ coins...
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