@dougsmit , I reread your two coin show pages and they are lots of fun. You captured the feeling of a show perfectly. If I were close to a big...
Imperial coins of Marcinus (217-218) are scarce, but his coins from Marcianopolis and Nicopolis are common. Here is one with a nice green patina....
Unlike imperial coins that explicitly name an emperor, few Roman Republican coins have types that indicate the date of the coin. Nevertheless,...
Here is a coin with two heads I got last month: [ATTACH] Hadrian (117-138) and Sabina, struck at Roman Alexandria, Egypt. Tetradrachm. 25-23 mm....
Here is a nice AE2 of Decentius, AD 351-353. Below is the finest auction catalog of Greek coins ever produced. It is a fun read! [ATTACH] VOT V...
All radiates with XXI are pre-reform. The follis with XXI you showed is not radiate. All folles are post-reform (The reform introduced the follis...
Perhaps B NE is for two (B) times Neocorate (NE), two temples to the imperial cult. That honor is not infrequently mentioned on provincial coins.
I added some Magnentius and Gallus pieces to my page, including some remarkable full-sized ancient imitations:...
That coin is a follis (aka nummis) and is post-reform. In fact, it is the new reform denomination that did have some silver in the alloy. The new...
The post-reform radiate denomination had no intentional silver. If someone has a "silvered" example, it must have been silvered in modern times....
Do you study coin types you don't own and don't hope to own? I study coin types a lot, but mostly those I own or hope to own.
We coin collectors are a small fraction of the population. Woman make up less than half of coin collectors. The chances your granddaughter will...
[ATTACH] 22-21 mm. 4.20 grams. This one seems to be a "fallen" horseman as opposed to a "falling" horseman. Do I detect a Trier mintmark? There...
I like full size imitations: [see the next post for an image]
Each one of those is a treasure! Wonderful! I wonder if ancient provincial people had religions where these types had real meaning. A modern...
I would tell the show organizer and the hotel that I found a dropped coin and give them contact information, but make the claimant describe it. It...
What an interesting type! Thanks for showing and telling. If I had that coin I would put it on my "unique" page of reverses that are unique to a...
Here is a "heroic" bust: [ATTACH] Probus, 276-282 23 mm. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate bust left seen from the rear with spear forward and aegis...
I pronounce Julius Caesar with a soft C (like "see" or "sea") which is how we do it in American. However, I have been told that it was more like...
On the give-each-vowel-its-due principle, I say mo-EE-si-ah for Moesia. A few on that pronunciation site did, most didn't....
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