Collect Roman provincial coins, a.k.a. Greek imperial coins. There are very many types as rare as that, and often they do not command much of a...
I added some interesting ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html [ATTACH] Gallienus (253-268) struck at Roman...
I recently posted that I wrote a site on year 5 coins of Severus Alexander. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/SevAlex/ Some of them have Kerberos...
I have a page with a list of all AE types for Valentinian II: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/V2Types.html Some day I will get around to...
In 68, Vindex, in Gaul, revolted against Nero, but had no legions. He asked Galba, in Spain, to help and Vindex quickly raised a large army....
@Sallent, the OP coin is excellent and historical. A "hefty chunk of bronze" is always welcome. Most Roman coin collectors collect silver, but put...
I have been selling the remains of the collection of my 90-year-old friend DC. http://augustuscoins.com/crosses.html Not much is left, but I...
Why would demand increase? Are young people suddenly preferring coin collecting to video games? In a few years there will be virtual reality...
I just posted a new educational website: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/SevAlex/ "Severus Alexander (Roman Emperor, AD 222-235), "Year 5" coins for...
True. It is a large folio volume that takes a tall shelf, but has very good photographic coverage of coins of the region. I liked it so much...
I have not seen it, and I pay some attention, but there are too many sale venues to be able to be confident it has not surfaced. It is my...
@ValiantKnight, long ago, when paper catalogs delivered in the mail were the way people got to see fixed-price coins, I got an Empire catalog with...
My friend Dan Clark collected early Byzantine coins with cross-above-head. I wrote a website about his extensive collection:...
Welcome, @Dafydd . There are very many genuine coins at coin shows. They vastly outnumber the fakes. But, collectors have little use for fakes so...
I'll bet there are quite a few of us who get a Julius Caesar portrait in lower condition than most of the other emperors we have. For example,...
I have one of the OP types in my "Black Cabinet" and have seen many. It is totally worthless and you may smash it flat with a sledgehammer to take...
Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian on a coin of Antioch, Syria. [ATTACH] 31-30 mm. 18.07 grams. Gallus laureate on left and Volusian radiate on...
The OP is a beautiful "hut" with lots of fine details. Late Roman bronze sure is interesting! I think their bang for the buck is high.
Here is a very rare AE2 of Leo I with VIRTVS reverse (even rarer than SALVS). I also have it at the tope of my main page:...
Don't tempt fate (we ancient collectors know about fate, don't we?) by posting things before you actually have them. If you would love to post it...
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