Here is my answer to that question:[ATTACH] Romanus I, 920-944 Sear 1769. Obverse legend: +RWMAN BASILEVS RWM Romanus, King of the Romans...
I wrote that high grade of examples of common coins are cheaper now than they were on fixed-price lists in 1995. The context differs in Doug's...
Seth77, can you tell us which of Estiot's articles mentions the Smyrna attribution? I went to the ANS site on numismatic literature and could not...
I was going through some old files and found notes on the costs of Roman imperial coins offered by one of my favorite dealers (Empire Coins, no...
Here is another article on officina numbers: http://esty.ancients.info/RomeOfficina/Officina.html
For this period RIC is old (1933). Your Procopius type was unknown at the time. Numerous examples, almost all in terrible or mediocre shape, have...
Some Roman Republican silver denarii are actually ancient counterfeits. I just added one at the very top of my educational site:...
I strongly recommend the Failmezger book Doug mentioned. I use mine regularly. However, I also agree it should not cost a fortune.
Martin, your third one has the officina number spelled out "R.QVARTA" (R for Rome). That is pretty unusual and desirable. Here is a page on...
When you are seeking Roman coins to buy, would you rather the site have coins organized chronologically by emperor with Roman provincial coins...
"FIL" AVG(G) refers to "son" of the Augustus (Augusti), whereas "FL" refers to Flavius, a name. See my site for the story of "FIL":...
Many collectors post their recent acquisitions here and enjoy the appreciative responses they get. Reading and seeing what others buy can...
For the last week the eBay links to "Seller's other items" often fails to work. It brings up a nearly blank page with nothing at all below "Items...
Mat, your coin is nicely centered and the type is clear, with good legends. That makes it a nice coin. Good for you!
Dilly, Doug's pages are the best introduction to ancient coins and they interesting even to very experienced collectors. Here is another site...
stevex6 has expanded "Trajan" to cover Trajan Decius too. I like the tetradrachms of Trajan Decius from Antioch. They are hefty coins.
I have a web site on ancient imitations: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ The pages on Republican, 12 Caesars, and second century imitations have...
The Tiberius "tribute penny" (with PONTIF MAXIM) is the most common of only three types of silver denarii of Tiberius. The other two are very...
VK, that is a great writeup. Coins mean so much more when the story is told.
JA, I like your Alexandria CONSTANTINOPOLIS. Here is a short article on the type: http://esty.ancients.info/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html
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