So, 31 BC is year 1, 30 is year 2, 29 is year 3, etc. In each case the total is 32. So, year 29 is 3 BC.
I am sorry to hear of your medical situation. A lot depends upon the quality of the coins. Coins that list retail over $200 each (say, using...
I added five coins of Persis to the "Greek" page my site: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html I recently posted an educational page about coins...
Scott vanHorn who works at CNG.
I am announcing a minor educational web site on the coins of Persis: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persis/ Numerous coins are illustrated there....
I have one of the OP type. I don't think we can know who the four children are unless some ancient source referenced this type and named the...
Here is another type of Aurelian with SERD for a mintmark: [ATTACH] Aurelian, 270-275. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG IOVI CONSERVATORI S in left field...
A Survey of American Trade Tokens: An Anthology (Gleanings from the Numismatist) Hardcover – January 1, 1975 Excellent condition with good DJ....
Ah! Now I see their are six examples there, total. The fifth is distinctly better, but the other five are not. Thanks, Victor, for pointing out...
It looks like a "Q". Maybe for quintus, "fifth" (officina)? Maybe the "R" is for Rome and the "S" for secunda (second officina). That's a nice...
This is about Roman imperial mint marks. Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish which mint coins are from when there is more than one imperial...
I enjoyed it a great deal. It was interesting to read how an extremely intelligent man (McNall) dealing with major money belonging to other people...
War brings peace (according to this coin): [ATTACH] Severus Alexander, 222-235 Struck late 222 in his first year. Denarius. 18 mm. 2.66 grams....
Thanks for pointing out that article. I read it and found if convincing. It is extremely detailed and scholarly and if some of you are interested...
Nice coin! I agree that having the dog on the flan is critical. [ATTACH] Same as the OP type, but with letter A. Next is a Republican type...
Yesterday I added 11 ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html and today I added another 14. So, I added 25 in the last two...
Take a look at the website. The reverse legend and obverse title are unique to abdication types....
I am a big fan of the retirement issues of Diocletian and Maximian. I got a remarkably small one in the mail. We have discussed retirement issues...
Nice abs! (And, nice coin.)
Maybe I should cite a U2 song, but this post is about a recently-arrived scarcer GENIO type of the second tetrarchy: [ATTACH] 24 mm. 5.97 grams....
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