Wow, so fun seeing other people's numismatic libraries! Great to see some from CT'ers who haven't posted as much lately. I actually love seeing...
Yup. No doubt this is a big part of why all the pediodic predictions of the end of ancient coin collecting or collapse of the market keep not...
I agree that it's not an official issue (there should be a Chi-rho above the campgate & mintmark should be TES if it's an RIC 59). But I can't...
Some great barbs! My favorites are the barbs depicting barbarians/captives. The following coin has an official RIC number (RIC IX, p. 220, 41b.7)...
Wow, that really is a fantastic Quintillus. I don't think the green deposits really detract too much. Personally, I would leave it as is, because...
No guide. Just have to look at recent auctions or dealer prices and guess. Not like modern coins where there's one "correct" price. Could vary...
Not a dumb question -- everybody has to ask sometime! It refers to Martin J Price's 2-volume work, The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great...
Cool type, Salus feeding a snake coming out of a basket! I've got the Sestertius version (one with hyper-color patina!) [ATTACH] Though a much...
The mint is Sardes (in Lydia), ca. 319-315 BCE. The original listing when it was sold at Heritage Auctions (your coin) had it as "Price 2664"...
It's very interesting to learn that these ones were for the 900th Anniversary. I was aware of some of the other Emperors' coins for the Lvdi...
That's a heck of a coin in many ways. I didn't watch that auction (I started watching all the Leu's with sale #6, "Kleinkunst"), but this is a...
Great coin, congrats! Parthian bronzes are difficult to find no matter, but especially attractive ones like this. (Really cool eagle reverse type...
One suggestion: get a copy of Sear's Greek Coins & Their Values &/or some of the popular Greek books by G.F. Hill & other authors (like Head or...
... Continued... Not all Republican Denarii used control symbols at all. But this period has great ones -- maybe even the "golden age of the...
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