Doug is right. For coins of this time period, this illustrated list may be useful: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ Click on the image of...
That statue (of the kneeling Astarte) does not look ancient to me. It has a modest pose unlike the vast majority of ancient statues. The face and...
The Reka-Devnia numbers tell a lot about rarity in that time period. Maybe many collectors do not care, but you found something special and they...
For a short article on portraits of Geta, see http://esty.ancients.info/Geta/
For my collection of early Christian symbols on coins I got this Delmatius:[ATTACH] The chi-rho is only on issues of Arelate with mint mark SCONST...
Hey Bing, Tranquillina is very rare on the Roman imperial coin list. However, she is not so rare in the provincial series. That ranking list Ras...
The Cherson cast coin is type E28 retrograde (the top of the rho, P, for Romanus is pointing backwards) on http://esty.ancients.info/Cherson/...
Victor, you could use this occasion to become an ancient-coin collector and follow this friendly web community on this site for a while until you...
Scientists give a reason why Roman concrete lasts so well: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215185026.htm Do you have any...
Ras Suarez, author of ERIC II, has announced and posted rarity rankings based on twice as many coins as the previous rankings. The original Excel...
I have the old Frank Kovacs catalogs. It was lot 190 in his mail bid sale number 5, May 30, 1980, and realized $275 (and there were no buyer's fees).
Here is mine with four dots: [ATTACH]
New coins from rulers or places or eras you didn't already have represented in your collection are a great occasion to get out the books and read...
You advisors are correct--it is fake.
Gil-galad mentioned "A Guide to the Ancient World" by Michael Grant. It is about ancient cities. I recommend it for anyone interested in Roman...
John is right on all counts.
In the 1980s I had relatives who lived near LA and one time when visiting them I went to NFA at their ritzy store. I came away with this DIVO...
Here is my Constantius II SPES REIPVBLICE[ATTACH] 16 mm. 1.73 grams. Struck 355-361 according to RIC. RIC Constantinople 149 "scarce". After more...
Krispy, thanks for showing us the display.
John, thanks for continuing to post Nabatean coins. Which of the reference works listed here: http://esty.ancients.info/catalogs/Nabatean.html...
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