Those who said they are fakes are correct. They might be museum replicas, sold in museum gift shops.
The rare "coins of the mines" have the size of quadrantes and are regarded as of the quadrans denomination: [ATTACH] METAL AVRELIA NIS 17 mm,...
The OP reverse is the Monty Python version, after the "flesh wounds."
Well, BMC does not have it, but RIC has it for both COS II and COS III. So, COS II is attested. Looking at mine, I see no evidence of a filled...
Roman emperors took vows (VOTA) promising to do something for the gods in exchange for something they wanted. The emperors wanted a long reign, of...
It is type 48 on this site: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/
I have a page on ancient Greek coins: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Greek.html Today I went through it, removed the sold coins, and reduced...
I recently acquired the rest of a retired dealer's ancient-coin library and am offering good books from it it at far less than you can find them...
EDIT: DO 1, 2 and 3 SOLD inside two hours. Only Hendy remains. Shipping in the US only. $7 for one or more volumes, plus an additional $5 off a...
What a beautiful group! I love the color on the pentanummium. All of them are very pleasing. If anyone wonders about the stories of the...
My most sought after 'holes' are places I did not know existed, questions I have never considered and things I had never before known were there...
I just finished it. I won't review it in detail, but I can say I like it and started it again. The information is insightful and worth absorbing....
Serious collectors want the major relevant reference works. Here are some. Shipping $4 for any number of these volumes listed without given...
The story of the coins of Antioch under Justinian is fascinating. Long ago I wrote a page on it:...
Serious collectors want the relevant references. Here are some for major reference works for Greek coins, Byzantine coins, and 5th century Roman...
10,000! Thanks for all your contributions.
Serious collectors like to have the major references. I am offering some at remarkably low prices. SNG Von Aulock, all four volumes (folio) plus...
Steve, your IOVI FV LGERATORI is unusual. There are very many CONCORDIA MILITVM ants for every one of those. Nice type! (What I mean is, I don't...
"RIC calls it "R", but I think it is rarer than that." This can happen. Granted, most RIC VIII frequency ratings in this time period overstate...
I don't think so. A "bid" of $120 is really a limit, so if the second highest bidder has "limit" 37, the 120 will only be recorded as 38. My...
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