The OP coin is badly clipped. I'll trade you for a wonderful, full-flan and full weight, coin of her father, Khusru II. :happy:
Rarity of Roman provincial coins is especially difficult to describe. Any particular type may exist in very few examples, but demand is often...
It has been a long time since I announced any additions to my sale page: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Lots of coins sell rapidly anyway...
I have rewritten that article about rarity in HTML on this easily accessible page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/rarity.html For other,...
Ariadne was on some gold coins as a daughter of Leo I. "Maxmius" usually refers to the son of Maximinus Thrax, but there was a Maximus 409-411 in...
A ruler list of perople on Roman imperial coins based on a whopping database by the author of ERIC, Ras Suarez....
I wonder how many of you take notes on what is out there that you might collect. Do you keep a paper (or digital) want list? Or, is your want list...
The ratio was 25 to 1. One aureus was worth 25 denarii. 12 to 1 was the ratio of the value of gold to silver by weight, but the aureus weighed a...
Since the 1970s I have been collecting ancient-coin catalogs. Only a few emphasize Islamic coins. I am offering them as one lot: None of these are...
High-end collectors know NAC (Numismatica Ars Classica) offers the finest collections of ancient coins in splendid catalogs. I am offering many,...
Later Byzantine coins have very consistent die-axes of 180 degrees. That turns out to be really useful when trying to decipher the undertype from...
It might be a Justinian AE4 of Carthage like this one: [ATTACH] Sear 283. 9 mm. 1.24 grams. Struck 548-565 according to the Dumbarton Oaks Catalog.
@Victor_Clark , that is a special group and difficult to assemble. I have only the FELICITAS type: [ATTACH] 23 mm. 5.07 grams. RIC VI (not VII)...
1986 US Liberty Coin Set commemorative Proof set. This set contains one silver dollar, one five-dollar gold proof, and one half-dollar silver...
Long ago I wrote this about smoothing and tooling: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/condition.html#IV Someone above wrote that long ago...
Which would you prefer, in general, a plate coin from a major reference or a slightly better example? My question is prompted by this recent...
If you look closely at the obverse legend of the Vespasian you see weakness in its beginning at 5:00: [ATTACH] Flaws like that make it hardly...
I recommend exploring my educational site: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ and other sites mentioned on my page of annotated links:...
There is a book that might answer the question: [ATTACH]
@Alwin , thank you very much for showing us the reduced siliqua from Sirmium. It is interesting how much like the OP coin it is, especially in a...
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