I agree. Looking at coins are how most ancient busts are attributed anyway. Collectors who look at coins obsessively are the ones to ask (We don't...
[ATTACH] Crispus, struck 324-5. 18 mm. ALAMANIA DEVICTA •SIRM• RIC VII Sirmium 49. Ir was struck only for Crispus and Constantine II, only at...
[ATTACH] Here's mine. 34-32 mm. 13.30 grams. Sear 494.
How much was it including shipping? Or, did you buy it locally or include shipping?
Maurice (582-602) also issued nummi. Here is one: [ATTACH] 8-6 mm. Bust left/monogram of Maurice Sear 572, Carthage. DOC --, BMC --, Ratto --,...
My TransferWise fee for 347 euros was $4.09, using a good exchange rate. I'm not sure Chase beats that with their $5 fee.
The original post does not make it clear, as later posts do, that there were two coin reforms under Anastasius. The first one, which Grierson...
Yesterday I was given the option of paying an invoice for 347 euros with PayPal for an additional 4.5%. Last time I used PayPal they gave me an...
I'll make a different suggestion. Set that huge lot aside and forget it. Begin anew with nicer coins. If you don't want to buy coins...
I have the reference work "Los Sestercois del Imperial Romano" by Juan R. Cayon. It attempts to list all the types of sestertii and has...
Here is a 0.24-gram Cyzicus: [ATTACH] 7 mm. Sear Greek 3851. SNG France Mysie 389f. "525-475" BC. Klein 265v "500-475" BC.
I got this one last month: [ATTACH] Maximinus. Sestertius. 31-29 mm. 22.90 grams. MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM. Final portrait style. PM TRP IIII...
Let's be clear that this thread has discussed two distinct hoards. The OP hoard is Celtic, and the hoard discussed by @Jim Dale and @talerman is...
Oops! Wrong link. Here is the correct one: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/dealers.html
Good question. I don't know what evidence we might have that tells whether a coin mentioning an event might be issued significantly before the...
Dating the events of the reigns of Valerian and Gallienus is difficult. Ancient sources are not clear. We have all heard about Valerian being...
At Academia.edu you can download Anthony Kropff's "A new English Translation of the Price Edit of Diocletianus." It has one pound of silver at...
That's right. It is Gallienus.
The folles had a small, but significant amount of silver in the alloy and on the surface. Because silver was worth, by weight, 100 times as much...
Yes. That is a "Second Tetrarchy" type and, sometime, I will write a web page or more on coins of the Second Tetrarchy.
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