Elpis Standing left, holding flower and hem of skirt...Aurelius as Caesar AE Drachm [ATTACH]
Great coins @arnoldoe !
Constantine VII (913-959 A.D.) was one of the longest reigning Byzantine rulers. The Purple-Born, he was a scholar and author of four popular...
Yeah, I'm wondering how all of the different weights due to clipping would have been handled in the economy in general. By this time however some...
While a Byzantine coin (OK late roman if you squint) I just pulled the trigger on this miliaresion of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 10th...
Cool coin - I would free it if it can be done without damaging the coin.
Truly a beautiful coin @PeteB ! Thanks for sharing...
Nice catch and at a good price, too!
Too bad @Eduard but sometimes you just have to make a tough decision about a coin. In a recent auction I backed off on a solidus of Heraclius that...
That's really cool. I'd love to get a Phillip I Saeculares Augustus sestertius type that I sold 20 years ago back.
Cool coins. Still need to add some siliquae to my collection.
Yeah it seems like the gold coins can be had for somewhat non-exorbitant prices, so maybe one day I will be able to finish out my ruler collection.
The crudity of the very late Roman pieces is remarkable. I have a crummy Zeno AE4 which I won't even show because it is so miserable. If and when...
Here are a couple: Salonina from Alexandria [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Pupienus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I've got one of those Postumus types too @Valentinian : [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah there are some inaccuracies in the article. I also started out as an archaeologist/ancient linguist (undergrad degree) but then veered off...
Mine is OK but still wouldn't have bought anything back in those days, unless you carried around a bag of them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] If you...
Very nice coin. Congrats on the find.
https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20962892/archaeologists-found-treasure-of-silver-celtic-coins.html
Very interesting article @TIF - also, pretty cool that the local towns issued these. Fortunately I've been to many of these places (Koptos,...
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