For me, the new coin is better. Sorry about the "O". @dougsmit is right. For example, many Byzantine copper types are poorly produced with...
I think the photos are upside down. It might be GERMANICUS AE dupondius. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus in...
I don't see any encrustation that would need to be cleaned off. "What you see is what you get."
When Septimius Severus died at York, Britain, in 211, his sons Caracalla (Augustus since 198) and Geta (Augustus since 209) were there and soon...
RIC acknowledges that many authors call the Tiberius reverse figure Livia, but RIC itself does not commit and calls it simply a "female figure."...
That is a very nice example. The tiny face on the reverse figure is so well done it even looks like Vespasian!
Some types are famous. Do you recognize this one? [ATTACH] Denarius. 18 mm. PONTIF MAXIM This reverse type is famous because it is on the...
@NateM , your CoinTalk profile does not allow personal messages. You might consider changing it so members can communicate with you without...
Here is my site about places to buy ancient coins. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/dealers.html Sellers for whom I have evidence they sell fakes are...
There are some ancient coins that are more impressive in hand than in photos. Large coins cannot have their sizes adequately conveyed by photos....
I did and read it. It is interesting to see who benefited from not having small change (hundreds of years ago in England), and how they tried to...
[ATTACH] Aracadius. AE4. 14 mm. 0.93 grams. Struck 378-383. DN ARCADIVS PF AVG VOT/V in wreath CONΓ in exergue RIC IX Constantinople 62b Type 29...
[ATTACH] Roman Republican denarius. 18 mm. 3.93 grams. Janus head, M.FOVRI/ L.F, Victory crowning a trophy. Moneyer: M. Fourius L.F. Philus....
Here is one with two dots below the bust. [ATTACH] Trebonianus Gallus. 26 mm. 12.41 grams. Antioch. B between legs. Prier 659. AcAlee 1173B....
Yes, if a successor overthrew a predecessor, coins mentioning the predcessor immediately stopped. However, many times the successor was a son or...
That's a very good example. That's the sort of commemoration we see on ancient coins.
Ah! Yes, long after the event. The ancient forum posts are related to recent events. Are there US coins about which you can say that type was...
The ancients forum has a thread Post a coin related to an actual historical event! at...
If you like the idea of this thread, you will like the book Roman Historical Coins by Clive Foss. Hardcover in the Seaby series, 335 pages,...
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