Good question. AE1, AE2, AE3, and AE4 are used to indicate sizes roughly, with AE1 being the largest size base-metal coin in the middle of the 4th...
It is easy to change avatars. Recently I picked the obverse of a coin I liked that I thought would show up when small like avatars are.
This has already been answered, but I'll answer again. Inflation. With a copy of RIC VI you can see that coins from 293 and later get smaller and...
Here is a short web page on Geta's name and portraits which answers the question: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Geta/
My advanced page says "Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire, 1081-1261 by Michael F. Hendy, published by Dumbarton Oaks. A monumental early...
I was asked to recommend a book or books on Byzantine coins. He wrote, "I have been OK using the internet but book(s) are easier on the eye." I...
Greek Italy. Apulia, city of Arpi. c. 325-275 B.C. [ATTACH] 21 mm. 7.95 grams. Laureate bust of Zeus left Kalydonian board to right, spear above....
The portrait is too young for the TRP number. As others have shown, he was bearded by TRP XIIII. Here is another example of what Caracalla looked...
Right. My statement about 12 1/2 being "only at Cyzicus" was in error. (Coins of Martinian are only at Cyzicus). [ATTACH] Here is one of mine...
Victor, I am trying to understand this. I suppose the date 321 comes independent of the content (e.g. explicitly dated to year 13 of Licinius, as...
I recently got this Constantine minted under Licinius: [ATTACH] 21-18 mm. 3.84 grams. RIC VII Cyzicus 14 "321-324." In this late time period...
Look for them at the top of my page: http://augustuscoins.com/Tetrarchy.html where you can find many more coins and my terms of sale, with...
Welcome to CoinTalk! There are very many sites on the web where you can buy ancient coins. Here is a site of links:...
The ear is barely separated from the laurel wreath and its leaves are not all distinct. How can that be EF (XF)? It is bold, but I see nothing...
That is a nice Leo VI, 886-912, Sear 1729, about which Sear writes, "This appears to have been issued in greater quantities than almost any other...
Yes, that's true. However, if you submit a maximum (say, 80) by e-mail on a lot where you are not high, he sometimes writes you back to say "You...
I am trying to understand this. @Carausius , are you saying this announcement only happens when the book's maximum is the current high bid so one...
Do I understand this properly? Suppose a book bidder is ahead at $500 with a limit of $700. If the auctioneer announces you'd need to bid $725 to...
True. I got this one from @Terence Cheesman. This one is from the mint of Lugdunum. [ATTACH] 19-18 mm. 2.94 grams. IMP CAES D CLO SEP ALB AVG...
Here is a Phocas of year 1: [ATTACH] 32-29 mm. 13.32 grams. Phocas and his wife Leontia Constantinople mint, ANNO I Sear 639
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