I got this one in late August: [ATTACH] Class A2, attributed to Basil II ("the Bulgar slayer") and Constantine VIII, 976-1025. Sear 1813....
Byzantine copper coins are often overstruck on previous coin types and the quality control was often so bad that the undertype can be identified,...
I just added a variety of ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Trajan sestertius AQUA TRAIANA, Licinius II with an...
Here is a large, 33 mm, Roman provincial coin with a delta, Δ, countermark: [ATTACH] Gordian III (238-244) struck at Selucia ad Calycadnum in...
A simple, but sometimes overlooked, idea is to move things to the second floor in advance, if you have a second floor. A foot of water soaking a...
Here is another very common type: [ATTACH] 14 mm. Constantius II, struck 347-348, just before the FEL TEMP REPARATIO reform of 348 and after, Kent...
I think I saw that coin being offered and I had concerns about the surfaces. Look at hundreds of Sasanian drachms and those surfaces stand out as...
I just checked the list of cities: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E2tZfrXnmQZcb9XAQKHUQCTLOzFUsKeHfHJBfowiAwc/edit#gid=0 and it seems we...
I use and really like the Frankford Arsenal DS-750 Digital Reloading Scale which is $23.70 (plus shipping) on Amazon. It weighs to 0.01 grams up...
I have heard of enough physicists and astronomers (a type of physicist) collecting that, of all professions, they are way on up there in the...
An arachnid, a scorpion, perhaps advertising the pleasant desert conditions of Commagene (ha!). [ATTACH] Antiochus IV, Epiphanes, King of...
Here is a scepter on the obverse. [IMG] Constantius I, Caesar 293-305 and Augustus 305-306. CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES Bust left, cuirassed, with his...
Yes, that is an extremely common type. I remember going a coin show long ago (before European dealers stopped bringing so many bulk coins to shows...
If you count Chinese coins, these might be among the most common: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/12/25/coins-found-in-a-han-dynasty-tomb/...
What is the visual difference between a Victory and and angel? Victory is a female and angles are male. How can you tell them apart? Some authors...
I have two well-known types of Greek coins from Cilicia for sale and two that are rare types. [ATTACH] The famous Baal/lion-attacking bull stater...
What is the most common ancient-coin type? In the 1980s I used to think it was the Constantinian era "GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers and two...
The finest ancient-coin sale catalogs produced include Triton catalogs (from CNG) and NAC (Numismatica Ars Classica, in Switzerland). NAC has the...
Here is a Domitius Domitianus, #153 [ATTACH] I wrote a website on the "Usurpers who wanted to join the club" under the first tetrarchy....
Doug knows what he is talking about, having participated in cataloging decisions for Failmeger's book "Roman Bronze Coins." What makes a "type" as...
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