The flans of the first two have very similar manufacture which seems to be the way official flans were made. (The OP coin has that type of flan,...
That is always a question with these. I think mine, the OP coin, is official. The lettering is too good for an Arabic imitation. I think your...
The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea hosted a Byzantine mint (probably at the city of Constantina) for three years under emperor...
Sticker paper and paste have chemicals. I wonder if they have potentially negative affects? If you use clear plastic flips, you could have the...
I got this humorous take on history in an email today. I am repeating it virtually unchanged, except for including a Roman Republican coin (and...
Here is a coin of the emperor we call Licinius with an early long version of his name. [ATTACH] 25 mm, which is large for a coin of Licinius...
I recently got the first coin which helps tell a good story. Coins of Maximian, co-Augustus (286-305) with Diocletian, often have the simple...
I agree that prices have gone up since covid. I will stipulate that and write about the history of prices before 2020. I have a large library of...
Here is my take on ancient coins as a monetary investment: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/investment.html They are an investment which pays...
They are both genuine ancient coins. On the left is a coin of Roman emperor Aurelian, 270-275. It is a tetradrachm from Alexandria, Egypt. On...
I have an ancient imitation of a London follis of Diocletian. [ATTACH] 26 mm. 4.87 grams. (Notice how light it is.) IMP C DIOCLETIANVS PF AG...
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