Here is one of the anonymous Venus/Dove type quadrans - it showed up in an eBay lot and really puzzled me when it came to attributing it - my...
Interesting thread and great coins. I too have a Flavian shield from Macedon, not nearly as nice as the OP - this one is pretty ghastly:...
Wow. That is a terrific coin and an informative write-up, @Ancient Aussie Here is mine from Heliopolis, a small standing Hermes with a COL HEL...
This topic was recently discussed on Coin Talk here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-plague-of-justinian-its-effects.389564/page-2 On page...
This one is an anonymous issue for Tyre from the Antonine era, or from Septimius Severus' reign (the online sources were confusing to me). It...
This is probably my best buy of '21 - $9.95 for a Nero sestertius. If it is genuine, that is. It is a bit small for type: [ATTACH] Nero...
That's a handsome bunch of bargains you have there @Orielensis My collection consists only of bargains, so I wouldn't know where to begin. But...
I spend a lot of time on eBay and am familiar with this seller's listings; I agree with what others have said on this thread: genuine but...
Here is a sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus, Libertalitas with a cornucopiae and a coin-counter as big as a tennis racket. [ATTACH] Trebonianus...
I dug through my Byzantines last night and I actually have two folles dated Year 16, which I believe is 542-543 A.D., which should have the...
I've only skimmed the linked article, but did you see this? "The bubonic plague seems to have exacerbated the East Roman Empire’s existing fiscal...
Torch and corn ears in different hands, a dupondius version, British Association type: [ATTACH] Faustina I Æ Dupondius 3rd Phase,...
Reviving this antique thread since information on coins of Topiros / Topirus is pretty scanty in general, and @Jochen1 starts things off with a...
Thank you for the kind words @ambr0zie Given the price (under $20!), I'm quite happy with it, but it does seem a bit "off" to me in ways beyond...
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