I have a website on VOTA types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ They are common. In the late fourth century, many are AE4s with VOT/X/MVLT/XX in...
Most Islamic coin types consist of Arabic legends without images, but in the 12th and 13th centuries Turkoman rulers in eastern Turkey and Syria...
The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea hosted a Byzantine mint (probably at the city of Constantina) for three years under emperor...
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...
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...
Here are my top ten coins of the year 2020 that each cost, including shipping, $100 or less. I did buy some coins over $100, but this list is...
If you pay more, you can buy better coins. That's obvious. Some of the "Top 10" threads include very expensive coins. That's great and we love to...
Leu Numismatik had a sale in three large hardcover catalogs in October, 2020. Together they weigh over 10 pounds and have over 800 pages of...
I am offering on my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html an NGC graded XF slabbed Tiberius denarius, the so-called "Tribute Penny." [ATTACH]...
Carus, 282-284, had two sons, Carinus and Numerian, who became emperors. In September I announced an educational webpage on their coins and how...
I added five coins of Persis to the "Greek" page my site: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html I recently posted an educational page about coins...
I am announcing a minor educational web site on the coins of Persis: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persis/ Numerous coins are illustrated there....
A Survey of American Trade Tokens: An Anthology (Gleanings from the Numismatist) Hardcover – January 1, 1975 Excellent condition with good DJ....
This is about Roman imperial mint marks. Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish which mint coins are from when there is more than one imperial...
Yesterday I added 11 ancient coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html and today I added another 14. So, I added 25 in the last two...
I am a big fan of the retirement issues of Diocletian and Maximian. I got a remarkably small one in the mail. We have discussed retirement issues...
Maybe I should cite a U2 song, but this post is about a recently-arrived scarcer GENIO type of the second tetrarchy: [ATTACH] 24 mm. 5.97 grams....
Many ancient-coin collectors have the series of Roman portrait coins in mind. Of course, many also collect other themes as well. I have been at it...
There are two similar AE types of Nicephorus II. They are the only two follis types for that emperor. The first one just arrived and I've had the...
Here is a Byzantine coin of Leo IV, The Khazar, 775-780. [ATTACH] 24-23 mm. 4.78 grams. Leo IV and Constantine VI (on the right) facing on a...
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