Yes! I think many of us like ancient coins because they connect to history. If you walk around Greece or Italy or Turkey, you are never very far...
I meant this: [ATTACH] The type is of Constantine VII, 913-959. This type was issued from 945 to c. 950. 27 mm. 6.14 grams. Facing bust of...
Today, as an experiment, I paid an invoice in pounds using my PayPal balance in US dollars. PayPal gave me the rate of 1.360 dollars per pound....
That one and the Nicephorus are far nicer than usual. Most are badly overstruck. They are all really nice coins.
A few weeks ago I figured out that PayPal fees for payments in other currencies are higher than I had thought. I realized that the seller got...
It seems everyone knows at least something about the zoo series of Gallienus. I have the book on the Cunetio hoard which illustrates with line...
I find the question of whether coins help answer very interesting. Here is the result of spending far too much time (but still, not enough)...
[ATTACH] IMP MAXI-MINVS AVG This is better example than the one for sale that was illustrated above. It is for Maximinus II (at a mint of...
The one you found is the one I found and is not Galerius. The seller got the legend wrong. It is really IMP MAXIMINVS AVG. That type was not...
I just searched vcoins on "Constantius 306" [to remove Constantius II coins; 306 is his death date, "Constantius 293" got fewer hits] and then...
[ATTACH] Maximinus Thrax, 235-238 Sestertius. 29-28 mm. 19.32 grams. PAX AVGVSTI RIC 81. Sear III 8332
I recommend against waxing coins.
A wonderful coin! Not only is it very rare, it is very remarkable! I wonder if the artistic convention was to show two distinct things (one horse...
Sestertii are big, but some provincials are bigger. When Leu auctioned this coin last month they described it as 40 mm and I got interested...
I wonder why. I submitted a comment before starting this thread yesterday and it still does not show up.
Edit: ALL SOLD. For a decade I was interested in coins of Roman Mesopotamia. There are several good books on the Roman East and its interactions...
Mark Fox wrote the Moneta list this: "Late last year, Turkey and Tunisia formally requested the US to impose import restrictions on a very wide...
You should not show that coin here :happy:. I can't afford to also get interested in beautiful "modern" coins and that's a real beauty.
I love the large Julian bull type. I am not attempting that, but I will pick up a new mint when the condition and price are right. [ATTACH]...
Some ancient coins indicate their denominations. Early Republican denarii have an "X" for ten, but that is not quite the same as actually naming...
Separate names with a comma.
