Don't worry about it. Different pronunciations are accepted. I stopped worrying in 1986. There was an International Numismatic Congress in London...
Almost, but not quite. There are rare silver quinarii and occasional smaller AE coins, like the "denarius" under Aurelian (270-275): [ATTACH] 18...
In the mail today I got a triobol (= hemidrachm, because there are six obols in a drachm) of Alexander the Great. It is small. But, it is hard to...
We have had many threads with advice for beginners. Here is a site with lots of ideas (but, mostly Roman): http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ and here...
I started this thread with the title "How we detect fakes." I meant, as I said, the "we" to be those of us on the Yahoo CoinForgeryDiscussionList...
I ran across this old thread and see I never answered the question. At the time, maybe I didn't want to show you this mistake. [ATTACH] Yes,...
There were quite a few votes that the OP piece was a low-value coin....
That is a good video with nice images of what is still there. Here is a small coin of DIVVS ROMVLVS. [ATTACH] Romulus, d. 309, coin struck c....
Very nice! I knew I couldn't be the first to discover the attraction of this unusual type.
Here is an unusual type: [ATTACH] Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius Denarius. 18 mm. Struck c 176 as DIVA Faustina Jr. died at Halala in...
I'd say the Postumus alone was worth that! Nice pickup!
I have a page of $5-$15 ancient coins: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html Today I put 17 Byzantine coins on it. I deleted many that had...
I think it is highly likely they were from the same engraver. Issues of Greek copper coins were not so large that they needed a huge mint with...
On the other hand, I know an author who wrote a good book about his specialty which he had collected for many years. Then he sold his collection...
This thread is wonderful, with many posters offering excellent advice that I could only second. For example, @TIF has defined a mini-collection...
@Granbeck , when I am on the main page: https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/ the top of the page looks like this: [ATTACH] See where it...
Edessa in Mesopotamia struck a sestertius-sized provincial coin showing Gordian III seated on a sella curulis, up on a dais, receiving Abgar...
[ATTACH] Price greatly reduced! Hardcover. This book costs $395.94 in hardcover on Amazon. No copies are on vcoins. It is the bible of the...
Here is a beautiful Greek silver in good metal: [ATTACH] Silver. 13-12 mm. Mysia, Parion. 2.29 grams. Gorgon/Medusa head facing, tongue...
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