I think that may be for the camel-alone type, which often comes well-struck on a full flan, but the companion piece rarely has the quality we...
Diocletian's coin reform of c. 294 initiated the very common GENIO POPVLI ROMANI type at fourteen mints. The type was replaced at central mints by...
Here is a DE SARM of Marcus Aurelius: [ATTACH] Denarius. 20-18 mm. 3.25 grams. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM Laureate head right TRP XXXI IMP VIII...
Here is a page with some information about coins of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Bosporus/ It includes short...
The coin offered has a pellet below the bust, and according to the seller, the RIC on-line example "does not include a single pellet on the...
It's an outstanding group. My favorites are the Septimius Severus AFRICA sestertius and the 6-figure Byzantine gold of Romanus IV. I have the...
Here is an unusual reverse type from Phoenicia: [ATTACH] AE17-16. 4.13 grams. Berytos (Beruit), Phoenicia. Struck 87/6 - 82/1 BC [Hoover]...
Here is a page on barbarous radiates: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/BarbarousRadiates.html They are far more numerous than dealer offerings...
The original article https://academic.oup.com/past/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pastj/gtab024/6427314 says "The recent ‘revisionist’ literature,...
The whole group is wonderful, but I call the attention of readers to the A trihemiobol is a very small coin and to have it look great in a photo...
It may be a "survivor effect". In desperate situations everybody prays. For the dead it didn't work, but they are not around to denigrate...
I found a link to the original article "New Approaches to the ‘Plague of Justinian’":...
Here is a link to a news report with the title "We May Have Underestimated The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague"...
I agree with everyone else. It is a really nice group! For me the top coin is the Octavian. What a moment in history!
Here are a well-matched pair, the first official and the second an imitation of the same type. [ATTACH] Roman Republican denarius. 20-19 mm....
Tell us the diameter (which is not visible in a photo unless one already knows the type) and weight and show the other side, all of which help in...
Yes, that time period is correct. I love how some Roman coins can be so narrowly dated.
[ATTACH] Numerian, after his death 21 mm. 3.17 grams. Struck Nov. 284 - spring 285. This is easy to date because it is after the death of...
Hoover's "Handbook" series is intended to be complete for the series discussed, whereas SNG's only illustrate individual collections. Hoover's...
If that piece cost less than thousands of dollars, it is modern and the other bidders knew it. Ancient medallions are expensive.
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