That is a real beauty, with the walls and towers very clear. Often they are crudely indicated, as on my Antoninus Pius from Gaza. [ATTACH] 28-26...
Here is a Treb Gallus from Antioch--a tetradrachm: [ATTACH] 26 mm. 12.41 grams. AVTOK K Γ OVIB TPЄB ΓAΛΛOC CЄB Autokrater [Imperator] Kaiser...
That auction house knows little about ancient coins. It is a well-known Slavey copy.
The seller honestly stated that there was a flan crack that had been filled in.
Oops! I'm sorry. Here is the right link: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/SECVRITAS.html I fixed it in the original post, too.
The lady Securitas appears on coins of several early emperors and can be distinguished from all the other Roman imperial figures by having a...
The ones Doug was taking about are from the facing-bust era which is later, as @catadc noted. I think yours is from a die intended for 20-nummia...
As always, "It depends." Some types almost never have flan cracks (e.g. denarii of Maxminus Thrax) and then they would be a big negative --...
Domitian AE. [ATTACH] Domitian. Thrace. Perinthos. 35-33 mm. Heracles standing left. RPC II 362. Next: Another Roman provincial 33 mm or larger.
Some in this thread are worth only $5-$10 if bought live from a person who has many. Most are $20-$30. One was NGC with a (high) price given. The...
It took me a while to decipher this coin. The flan is small, with some legend off the flan. The legend begins c. 11:00 and goes clockwise (with...
The statue is in unbelievable condition. I searched and found an image of it on line at French wikipedia, but it didn't say where it is and...
Here is a coin of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius (610-641). Take a look at how the name is spelled on this coin. [ATTACH] Follis. 32-29 mm....
Sometimes one has to go to the books to decide, but in this case the portrait does it. Maximian had an upturned or bulbous nose, and Galerius did...
X bar denarius: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Head right, GRAG behind, crossed X before neck/quadriga right, L.ATES below. Moneyer: L. Antestius Gragulus. c....
Some coins have astrological or astronomical themes. This one is a so-called "Turkoman bronze." Most Arabic coins do not have figural types, but...
The color (obverse only) may be great now, but what color will it be in ten years?
@Pellinore , that was a very helpful post. It reminded me to look at Zeno.ru where I found similar pieces:...
Do you ever buy a coin far out of your collecting area(s)? I just got this one from "Tokharistan" which is not your most well-known place....
I added a number of Roman coins to my "inexpensive" page--most at $5-$8: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html but a Delmatius for $9 [A...
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