Septimius Severus and Julia Domna: [ATTACH] 28-27 mm. "Sept" in Greek 10:00 - 11:00. "Severus" in Greek 11:30 - 1:30, "Julia" 2:30 - 4:00....
Reading Arabic coins is a challenge. I found this book: Plant, Richard. Arabic Coins and How to Read Them. 1973. Hardcover to be very useful. It...
Antioch was an important Byzantine mint, but suffered disasters in the 520's under Justin and then Justinian. Read the story of the coins here:...
We know the Romans mined a lot of their gold in Spain. Here is a news release about new discoveries about the mines in Spain:...
I love my ancient-coin library and think many new collectors would appreciate the type of knowledge one gets by reading books instead of just...
I agree that true auctions on US eBay are hard to find. This is my opinion about why. My comments are about ancient coins. I think that...
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How is it that SwK is a "Junior Member" when he has been collecting over 50 years? If that term is intended to identify a "New Member" or...
You are thinking, "Volusian" or "Volusianus", at least! Coins from the Rome mint tell us more. Sear 9739 with AEQVITAS AVGG reverse: [ATTACH]...
Here is a first year of issue (Year XVIII = 215 AD) for the radiate denomination we now call an antoninianus (after Caracalla--see his name in the...
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