The deity on the reverse is Serapis, a deity specifically created to appeal to both Greeks and Egyptians.
Regarding the direction to read Japanese dates, the character for year (pictured below) always comes after the number, so you can use it to guide...
Kushan?
Nice. Were any of these found together, or were these all found separately?
Here you go. Though I should note that while I have a copy, I've found online resources, like Wildwinds, Tesorillo, and the RIC spreadsheets here...
I'm pretty sure that this is actually Constantine I, and the mintmark looks like SMHA, which would mean that it was from the first workshop of the...
Close, but it looks like Cazkaboom's coin doesn't have the diadem (headband), which means whoever was on it didn't have the title of Augustus,...
Yeah, same here. I think I only have one coin with provenance beyond the dealer I got it from.
You never really know until you look. Modern coin dealers sometimes have a handful of ancients that came with some of the collections they've...
Yeah, Constantine and his immediate successors (Constans, Constantius II, and Constantine II) and maybe Valens and Valentinian are your best bet...
I think this really depends on how you define a set. Obviously, one can't get every single type of ancient coin ever, but can still come up with...
This site will help you identify coins when you can read the legends like this. To get you started, this is a coin of Constantine, and it looks...
The first one appears to be a Byzantine follis of Heraclius (the obverse is Heraclius surrounded by his two sons, the reverse has the value [M...
Shininess will certainly detract the value, but if it's a cheap Constantine or something, I wouldn't worry about it as long as you're enjoying...
Luckily, I have a copy of Harl handy. This refers to the prices of grain in Egypt, based on the unit of a modius (around 2 gallons) of wheat....
Sometimes stuff like that can be fun. I'm guessing you'll get a 4th century Roman coin. At that price, it may not be in the best shape, so this...
I'd say that it's probably best to avoid ebay until you have a good feel for how the coins that interest you should look unless someone recommends...
What you might want to do is poke around some reputable dealers to see what you can get in your price range. Bargain Bin Ancients is a good place...
If it helps, 3A has a date of Meiji 15 (1882), and 4B says it's from Meiji 10 (1877).
Keep in mind that there are quite a few coins that could have been the "Widow's Mite" of the Gospels. The particular type that goes by that name...
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