Yeah, sorry, that was the annual wage. And it's really hard to just straight up convert value to a modern currency, since many things, like...
In general, Roman coins are more common than Greek, but there are commons and rares for almost any grouping you make. The most common coins are...
To answer some of your other questions, "denarius" is the name of the denomination, and it's indeed silver. The exact buying power of the...
Yeah, there's nothing quite like that for ancients in general. The most comprehensive that I am aware of is ERIC II, which sounds pretty good for...
While Sayle's book is a decent introduction to the basics of ancient coins, there's no reference guide that covers all types of ancient coins, at...
He's referring to the picture of leaves in the background of the coin pics you posted. If you could get a picture with the coins more in focus,...
The pictures are a little blurry, but what I can see looks fine, I didn't see anything like this in Forvm's fake coin reports, and it's not the...
That looks like it. Keep in mind that ancient coins would very in diameter, since they were all hand made. In general, weight is more important,...
Download the Genio... list from here. It's a spreadsheet of all the types in RIC, so you should find your coin there.
Keep in mind that Sear's books, which are probably the closest thing to what you want, aren't really like the Red Book for US coins or any modern...
Looks fine to me. Folles of Justin II is common enough that it would be a weird thing to fake (thought there are occasionally fakes of odd...
Number 1 is an antoninianus of the Roman emperor Carinus, made when he was still Caesar under his father (282-284 AD). Give me a close up shot of...
On a similar note, if you're buying British uncleaned coins, and the seller notes that the patinas are rather fragile, they're not kidding. Never...
Very nice. I love that portrait.
Might want to through in one of those small bronze laureates from Diocletian's tetrarchy. They're usually thought to have been tariffed at the...
I actually just noticed that this coin is currently for sale on Ebay, misattributed as a coin of Theodosius. Like Stainless said, you shouldn't...
The two sites that helped me the most when I first started were Doug Smith's and this one:...
You have the reverse upside down. It looks like it's a coin of Constantius II, thought it could be Constans. Unfotunately, the part of the...
That stuff is indeed pretty awesome, but it's generally more expensive than Roman stuff, or at the lest it doesn't come down into my price range...
Yeah, if you're limit is $40, you're definitely not going to be able to get all the Roman or Byzantine emperors. You could probably pull off the...
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