A nice find that jovian looks like it will clean up well.
My mom was surprised how affordable ancients are when I started collecting - even a kid with an income can do it. I've explained more recently...
Pretty darn cool and a unique reverse legend.
My only Augustus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I believe @Roman Collector has the correct attribution. Where did you manage to get this coin?
I agree with @Orange Julius - need some better pictures before we can identify them. Most appear to be mid-to-late fourth century A.D.
Thanks @Jims Coins ! I just acquired a Carus tet of Alexandria. I'll post it here as soon as it arrives.
Nice Domitian @David Atherton ...
Congrats Justin on the nuptials.
Very interesting presentation of the extant theories @Curtisimo ! I used to think it was the Apis bull - now I am not so sure. Perhaps a more...
Some really good deals on these coins. I always have assumed they were expensive but I guess not. Here's a bit of cribbing from Wikipeda... "In...
$35 for the 12 Caesars in gold? Man, I'm all over that.
Very nice article and I learned something new about Roman coins. Thank You. Do you think the shortage of Imperial bronze caused the effusion of...
The coin is from the Greco-Egyptian period when the Ptolemies ruled. The Romans came after when Octavian defeated the forces of Cleopatra and Mark...
It's true that we don't have perfection in the various ways one can acquire coins. Luckily I have never had a fake outside of two coins (both...
It's also interesting to look at the current exchange rate of the Egyptian pound to the dollar - six cents or roughly 17 pounds to the dollar....
Nice pick-up. I also have trouble differentiating between the Ptolemies. What I find interesting is that when Egypt became a Roman province (and...
I believe the use of stirrups by the Romans came by contact with the Sarmatians and/or Avars. By the time of Basil I stirrups are depicted in...
Nice coin. While I don't think talking about a particular coin in a live auction is a good idea, I see no problem with mentioning the existence of...
I would guess it's authentic - traces of flow lines in the silver emanating from the lettering suggest it is a struck coin, plus the flan crack on...
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