Many scholars over a couple of centuries have worked on that for us. If you can identify a coin type, scholars have assigned it as narrow a date...
Nice coin, @Mat ! Tranquillina is extremely rare as an imperial issue (#168 on the modifed ERIC II frequency list, but only #37 on the provincial...
I like Byzantine coins of Justinian (527-565) from Antioch because of the great story of the tragic earthquakes and the renaming of the city from...
That OP coin refers to Hadrian's visit to Alexandria in 130 (L IE = year 15 = 130/1) on his grand tour of the empire. So, it fits as a provincial...
The OP group proves a collection does not need a focus to be interesting. (Maybe a focus makes a collection less interesting?) My favorite is...
Our member @ominus1 sent me a gift (not a Secret Santa present) of a display device which makes a coin seem to be suspended in air. Thank you,...
@Al Kowsky has a gorgeous large Justinian from NIK at 41 mm. I think the years XII and XIII coins of Nikomedia tend to be a mm or so larger than...
Thank you. I got a PM with one name and the idea of checking out Missoula is good.
The OP poll requires we choose one area of focus. I can't choose and therefore didn't vote. I could select at least four areas of serious...
PM me with his contact info, including a phone number. I might be able to help.
I have a ancient-coin-collecting friend who is moving to Kalispell, Montana. He asked me if I knew anyone who collected there and I had to say I...
Here is a relevant web site: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ByzAnon/
Here is my favorite drachm of Roman Alexandria: [ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117. 34 mm. 17.25 grams. Radiate head, nude bust right. Modius (kalathos)...
43 mm! Show that next to a US quarter and its huge size will be obvious. I love it!
There are fourrees of this type (and just about any Greek type you can name). I think the third, porous, one is an ancient counterfeit, and the...
That OP coin is a beauty. I know incuse reverses are supposed to make coins less fragile, but that coin is so very thin it must be fragile anyway....
It is a so-called "Turkoman bronze". (The reverse is pictured upside down.) It is of the Artuqid dynasty, issued by Husam al din Yuluq Arslan (c....
A coin collector might interpret "beautiful" as requiring high grade. High grade is nice, but many coins can be very attractive without it....
I highly recommend the books of John Julius Norwich on the Byzantine rulers. Byzantium is in three volumes, or it comes condensed into one. Most...
It's both. Of course, it is the usual SPQR abbreviation. However, it is, when on coins of Gallienus and Claudius II, only in exergue and...
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