The weights of cast coins tend to be far more variable than the weights of struck coins. There is no way to prepare their flans to the right...
Welcome, John! This forum is very friendly and we often recommend web sites written by collectors who have attempted to answer questions that new...
I have just posted an educational web site on ADVENTVS types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/PROFECTIO/ADVENTVS.htm ADVENTVS means "arrival" and...
A member of the CoinForgeryDiscussionList https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/info?yguid=116957790 lamented that...
@Black Friar , your example of the first-year Justin II is much nicer than mine: [ATTACH] 33 mm. 19.35 grams. Justin II (565-578) Sear 378....
It is published by Spink. When I had difficulty finding volume II I wrote them and they had it.
Here is an Arab-Sasanian coin of Ubei Dalliah Ibn Zaid (55-67 AH) [ATTACH] 33 mm. 4.16 grams. 3:00 die axis. Struck year 61 = 680/681 AD,...
There is a two-volume work that does exactly this for Greek coins. Testimonia Numaria by John Melville Jones has "Texts and Translations" in...
I just got an impressive half-follis of Justinian. The story begins with the coin reform of 538. In year 12 (AD 538/9) of Byzantine emperor...
@ancientcoinguru showed a book by Harl. I say this about it on my web page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html " Many collectors...
@Charles1997 , the OP coin looks very nice. You might have spurred some of us to go looking for it and bid against you!
@Aleph , your collection is outstanding. I put a link (the first link!) to it on the "references" page:...
I just added Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer to my ancient-coin-book site:...
I have a site on the quadrans and semis denominations: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quadrans/ which I have announced here before in a thread where...
You can get a "zoo" of interesting animals and mythological creatures on coins of Gallienus (Roman emperor 253-268). [ATTACH] Who doesn't like a...
Many collectors and dealers put price information on flips in code. The most famous code is REPUBLICAN 0123456789 because it has 10 letters for...
I was preparing to bid in an upcoming European auction on the Emax platform. I have bid and won with the firm before. But upon my attempt to login...
Here is a link to my page of book recommendations: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/learnmore.html There is a significant difference between...
That is just the sort of coin I was thinking about. Anyone would find those two inverted heads interesting and the eagle on dolphin is interesting...
@papersplz , welcome to the forum. You picked a good coin to start. I also think getting books is a good idea. There are very many good websites,...
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