I'm referring to the denarius as the unit of account that was used in Diocletian's price edict, not contemporary silver coins.
There were three bronze/billon denominations during the reign of Diocletian. We know the largest at one point doubled its value to 25 denarii...
It's hard to tell if it's going to be readable at all in real life (the picture's a bit too blurry), but if you want to know the mint of the...
I've heard of a scam where people on the Mediterranean will offer to take tourists to a "secret" area with a bunch of "artifacts" for them to take...
Congratulations! Out of curiosity, did ERIC provide any info on how that list was composed? Glancing through, it mostly matches what I've seen,...
You could take a look on VCoins for "lepton" to see if there's anything you like, but it doesn't look like there's much high grade there right...
Here's one I have of Trajan with typos: [IMG] Trajan AD 98-117 Fouree Denarius O: NERVAI TRAIAN AVG GER DAC*, laureate bust right R: PM TR P...
I just received a $10 Gallienus from Ebay. I'm quite pleased with the unusually good silvering for this price. [IMG] Gallienus Reigned 253-268...
[IMG] Postumus Gallic Emperor AD 260-268 AE Double Sestertius O: ...S LAT POSTVMVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right R: LAETITIA,...
I'm always amazed at how they could put that much detail on such a tiny surface. They had to hand carve those dies, and it's hard if they had...
Yeah, it's far from ideal, but I still think it's better than nothing. If we can keep the chain of ownership known, we can help determine whether...
Part of the problem is that it's not just what happens to the coins in the long run; it's about the destruction of context. Whether coins were...
Yeah, and it's the thing that makes me uneasy about this hobby, as much as I love it. A lot of coins come from illegal eastern European digs that...
I've gotten some more pictures, so here's an example from each original tetrarch. This is a Galerius from Trier that I rather like: [IMG]...
I rather like siliquae, but it's pretty rare for any to come down into my price range. Luckily, I have a high tolerance for damaged coins, and...
I've actually been trying to get a nummus from each mint during the first tetrarchy. No one's shown a Rome mint coin of Galerius, so here's mine....
If anyone's curious about them, here's the site of that video game grading company. It used to be that this was only for new, shrink wrapped...
Probably, given that this is already a thing: [ATTACH]
One thing I've found is that for hard to get books, Amazon.co.uk sometimes has deals that aren't on the US Amazon site. For instance, Roman...
I don't think Ebay feedback is that useful for trying to determine ancient and medieval fakes. Those who know enough about those coin types to...
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