Where has honesty and integrity gone? Why is the agenda more important than the truth? And, why do the police feel the need to participate in...
Those are remarkably high quality for coins of Gallienus. In 1930 Andreas Alfoldi wrote a Numismatic Chronicle article "The victories of the...
It might be worth, total, $200. Those who want to make it seem a big deal are likely to value it at much more. I'll be curious to hear how much more.
"INV" and "IVN" are different. The latter is "junior" for Constantine II.
Here is an Aurelian with a large oval flan. [ATTACH] 27-20 mm. Twenty seven! 3.42 grams. The flan is oversize and you can see the edge of the...
Today I got a coin in the mail that cost me under $20, including shipping. Constantine is the most common Roman emperor of all, so the low price...
Year 12 was 538, before the plague of 540. The reform pre-dates the plague.
Prior to Justinian's year 12 the follis denomination had a right-facing bust. In year 12 there was a coin reform in which the coin became larger...
They are now in your collection after having been minted 2000 years ago. They haven't oxidized too quickly so far. Many ancient coins new to the...
If you post a picture of it here, we can be on the lookout for it. Surely it will eventually show up.
[ATTACH] Galeria Valeria 25 mm. 6.21 grams VENERI VICTRICI SMSD RIC VI Serdica 41 "late 307-8" I don't think coins of Helena show a stephane...
Later, yes. Here is a coin of Diocletian minted at Carthage. The legend ends "FEL KART" [ATTACH] Much later when Justinian recovered Carthage...
My favorite emperor is Trajan. Competitors for the title would be Augustus if his coins were less expensive and Gallienus, who has both the zoo...
I collect Byzantine copper (among other series), but not gold. I could not bear to add only a few coins a year to my collection. By collecting...
You are so right. When I was young Mickey Mantle was one of the most famous baseball players. Does that mean a mint state rookie card of him is...
The CONSERV VRB SVAE type was initiated by Maxentius, as seen above. His father, the former emperor Maximian, joined Maxentius and began his...
The ANS just posted a video by Peter van Alfen on the coins Athens: [MEDIA] It is quite well done and he shows some outstanding coins. Here is...
I don't have a coin from my birth year, but that year was the 2000th anniversary of this coin: [ATTACH] A Roman Republican silver denarius,...
There already is NGC for coins. What we now need is WGC (Watch Guarantee Corporation) for watches. Grade and slab them--that's the trick! A great...
This is from my page on the Second Tetrarchy: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/Second.html [ATTACH] Galerius, during the Second Tetrarchy...
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