These coins circulated in Ionia among the Greeks settled there. Do you have any idea if these plated coins were made by Persians or by the Ionian...
I think Roman fourees are somewhat more common so I have posted two of my Greek ones. I must admit to being fascinated by these coins when their...
That's a good one. I wish I were still teaching. I could have inflicted that on my students, not that more than handful would have gotten it.
Thank you so very much for your writing and the links. Am I correct in assuming that weight has little if anything to do with when a particular...
I have a pretty much run of the mill Victoriatus and thought I would try to find out a bit more about this coin. I know they were issued by Rome...
Did the Third Century Romans call these coins didrachmas or denarii or was their name for them something else?
Contemporary with what? Today or 2400 years ago?
I had no idea there was such a coin as a silver As. If the silver sestertius weighed one gram, I was wondering if someone would have proposed one...
I rarely see these coins for sale but do want to get one for my collection. Do you know if this is the smallest silver coin the Romans ever made?
Sure you do. what used to be called Greek "Imperial".
Everything is impressive about your coins.
You want a damaged or disfigured coin? I never thought there would be a venue for posting this coin on any site so thanks for offer[ATTACH]...
Those are superb coins. I would love those coins in my collection.
I have never tried butter. Does it leave a rancid or any other kind of odor?
Thanks for the bravo. As I said, I think if this man had ruled longer as either a younger man or a healthier one, he might have gone down as one...
The celators at the Rome mint could get a good look at the man and get something done quickly that was pretty accurate. Elsewhere they may have...
My experience is mixed. it will not work miracles and I don't know if it preserves coins from future damage or not. That said, if one likes a bit...
Did the French ever put Cyrano de Bergerac on a coin?
Along with circulating silver dollars. My older sister worked at the Philly Federal Reserve Bank late 1950's, early 1960's and every pay day she...
Napoleon's troops would have really like the target practice if his image had been on the sphinx.
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