That is correct. Don't do anything to it at all. Every ancient coin is interesting to some extent, but that one is in no way worthy of...
That is a good point, although I think RIC dated the VOT X and VOT XX post-reform radiate coins of Carthage to c. 303 for poor reasons. The mint...
True. My thought is that the coin I posted and others show that often vows are not from the year on the coin--rather they anticipated the year on...
I see the aureus is MS*, strike 5/5, and surface 3/5. I'm sorry, but I want mine to have surface at least 4/5. I won't be bidding.
I have a website about vows on Roman coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ This VOTA coin arrived recently and it of interest to me because it...
I have a suggestion. If the coins are in flips you might color-code the flips of coins worth slabbing and not slab them now. Say, red on the flip...
What makes something collectable? Presumably it is interesting. Mentally stimulating. You can be proud of knowing what you know about it (very...
Send them to page two of this site for beginners: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ It helps explain why there are so many ancient coins in nice...
I love coins of the tetrarchy. Here is my introduction to them: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/ Here are links to many other pages about...
The emperor we call "Licinius" had full name Valerius Licinianus Licinius [ATTACH] VALerius LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS PF AVG This full name was on...
You were right. That IS impressive! You'd have to know his titles in advance to be able to figure out what this string of abbreviations means:
The emperor we call Maximian or Maximianus (286-305 and 306-308) had full name Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus. It is common for coins of...
Could this be an AE3 of Valens, RIC IX Thessalonica 26b?
Victor is right.
The links are here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/notes.html That page has a few other notes of interest, with supplements to some...
That is an excellent site. It may be more work than many of us will put into our decisions, but it does have a clear exposition of what could be...
I have been studying coins of "The Kingdom of the Bosporus." [ATTACH] The region of the kingdom in encircled. Do not confuse the "Cimmerian"...
On my coin there is a monogram for Heraclius on the left of the M and numerals for 10 and 5, total 15, on the right of the M. Your lower-right...
The one in the lower right looks like it could be an official coin of Heraclius, Sear 808. It looks much better than the Sear plate coin....
I don't know anything about coins like those. Can you tell us more about them? Size, date, attribution?
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