[ATTACH][ATTACH] Doug's Aurelian that inspired this thread is wonderful. Often we like good facial features on the portrait, but long ago I bought...
In the old days coin firms scaled back operations in the summer. There are so many other things for collectors to do in the summer (mowing the...
In 1996 I wrote a "Guest Commentary" for Coin World in which I made a comparison between collecting US coins and collecting ancient coins. Today I...
Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. 26 mm. 10.97 grams. as. MVNIFICENTIA AVG which refers to the spirit of imperial generosity for giving games. It is...
I'll bet you have some coins acquired before you decided on this specialty. I would decide if they have enough (eBay or wholesale, not retail)...
I am sorry to say the Jovian is a fake. Here is the fake example I owned: [ATTACH] The key diagnostic is the lack of even the slightest concavity...
I just put up three countermarked Roman coins for sale on my site. http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/coinlist.html
Nero counermarked Here is an odd countermark on a coin of Nero: [ATTACH][ATTACH] Nero, 54-68 AD, 10.09 grams, with odd countermark, which may be...
Windchild, thanks for the references. My pages began with the intention of listing sale catalogs. At first I thought that those of us with a...
I have an educational page about reference works emphasizing late Roman bronze coins from the period of Diocletian and later....
tiny sea creature [ATTACH] Tyre, 1/16 shekel. 10 mm. 0.47 grams. hippocamp left over waves/owl with crook and flail behind Sear Greek 5916. BMC...
I have a small AE of Antiochus IV, Seleucid ruler 175-164, with an elephant head as the reverse type for sale on my site:...
A very similar coin is on vcoins identified as: CORINTH GREECE SILVER DRACHM LATE 4TH CENT BC PEGASOS TONED GOOD FINECorinth, Corinthia, Greece,...
fake Histaia pieces Ripley, you might want to check out Barry Murphy's compilation of fake Histaia examples. My own example got relegated to my...
Seven pages of posts and no one has mentioned that this proves how crazy the US coin market is. If professionals can barely tell the difference...
I am not so sure CNGs coins are overpriced. It is a question of what one will pay for high quality. Here is a thought experiment. Suppose a hoard...
$200,000. Over 50 are known, but it is arguably the most historical and famous ancient coin type of all. It is offered by NAC, the firm which...
one coin -- four elephants [ATTACH] A large drachm of Trajan, 98-117 AD, from Roman egypt. 34 mm. BMC 510. Milne 621. Struck year 14 = 111 AD.
Sauromates I, King of the Bosporus [ATTACH] Sauromates I, King of the Bosporus, 93/4-123/4 AD. AE26-23. His bust right (with long hair)...
I would call them the same "type" but different "varieties" because the first has a shorter version of the legend. If we think the intention was...
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