This is true, but produces a problem for the collector who wants a really nice example--making it hard to illustrate how "trashy" they were if the...
In the last few days I added Byzantine coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html and some very nice denarii (images below,...
Gavin called this a "chia head". The museum site calls it a "head pot". It would naturally be called a "pot head" except here in Oregon that has...
Justinian (527-565) reformed the copper coinage, introducing in his year 12 a huge new type with a facing bust where the bust had been in profile...
Most information about emperors can be found on-line, but I prefer to read good paper books. I recommend this one The Roman Emperors by Michael...
The ANS is a scholarly organization with a world-class collection of ancient coins and other coins and medals of all time periods and geographical...
We can all recall how hard it was when first collecting to read Latin coin legends that were without spaces like in English to indicate where...
I think that, as usual, Doug is right. For me, centering is very important. I'll accept more wear to get the whole legend on the coin. Neither one...
That one is very nice style for so late a type. I love the crescent moon.
Long ago I created a web site on the mintmarks of Justinian at Antioch, which was renamed Theopolis (city of God) after two major earthquakes...
I do not claim to be an expert. Others may have better responses. I take a (canvas) briefcase with a carrying strap. It is big enough for your...
@Curtisimo , that is a wonderful writeup. Coins illuminate history and that coin is more inspiring than most. Types like DANVVIVS that are...
Run of Sternberg catalogs, all pre-internet [Sternberg SOLD, the rest still available]. Triton I, II, and III. Other CNG catalogs (pre internet)....
I can't claim I knew everything about the argenteus before I bid. Many of the details in the OP were discovered after I got the coin. However, I...
Good idea. Buy better ones, not slabbed, and sell off the slabbed ones that have been replaced. There are people who are now like you used to...
That certainly is a good example! That is an excellent coin (even if not graded with magic letters that have power to transform a coin) at a...
I have an Abafil tray and like it for having a few coins around, but I don't store coins in trays--my coins are in the bank in plastic flips in...
Some collectors want their coins slabbed. Ancient-coin collectors mostly don't. I have argued that slabs make it hard to see the coin--not because...
There are great catalogs there that I'll bet most CT members have not heard of. For example, I see three labeled "TNA" (modestly called "The...
Thanks for giving that reference. I just ordered it on Amazon. I could not find it anywhere else. It will be coming from Sweden.
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