Your coin is not worth much at all...maybe a few bucks on a good day. This coin has a lot of corrosion, in fact, it seems to be mainly patina....
Some sell for so low because they are as common as the dirt that they are found buried in! There is also, for which I am thankful, not that large...
Some types of ancient coins, like late Roman bronzes, are actually quite plentiful.
It is bad if they are flips with PVC in them. There are non-PVC flips that can be used for long term storage. However, flips allow the coin to...
I am selling five nice Maxentius coins. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZvictor_j_clark Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius in A.D. 312....
There are a few sets of books on ancient coins as it is a large subject. In this case, you might be referring to The Roman Imperial Coinage, a 10...
Many numismatists would disagree. It is true that we have no inscriptions or surviving papyrus letters stating what S F stood for, but the authors...
London did not keep in convention in many aspects. London also used other marks also such as MSL which can't be confused with an abbreviation for...
I was wrong about the date of the two standards for Rome or RIC is off with the date, but this issue is dated to A.D. 335-6 in volume VII. Of...
London only had one officina at this time, so it would seem unlikely that there would be a need to distinguish between first and second. This...
Sometimes there is a resemblance, and sometimes not. Any resemblance is better attributed to the particular style of the engraver and the fact...
There is still much that could be found out about the coin. What do the inscriptions mean? How about the S F in the reverse fields...many believe...
Constantine did not kill his mother-in-law, Eutropia. He was, however, involved in the death or suicide of his father-in-law, Maximianus, but Max...
Nothing was carved out from this coin. This coin merely had a weak strike, obvious on the reverse as well.
This coin has two banners on the reverse, so it was issued prior to 335 A.D., because that was the year the number of nummi to a pound was raised...
How about separating ancients and world coins? There seems to be enough interest in ancients (and medieval) to have a decent board.
I wasn't talking about pics in your gallery looking the same, but rather the coin pictured, which I recognized as a York coins picture. That is...
I would say it is the photography setup or photo processing that the dealer uses, as many of his pics have a similar appearance, including bronze...
take a look at this post http://www.worldcoins.org/message-board/read.php?11,2736
Wildwinds is a great site, but it does not have examples of every RIC number, and there are some mistakes, but Dave will fix them if you let him...
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