Mules (a.k.a. hybrids) are coins that combine an obverse type and reverse type that were not intended to be issued together. Mules can be produced...
A few weeks ago I figured out that PayPal fees for payments in other currencies are higher than I had thought. I realized that the seller got...
Sestertii are big, but some provincials are bigger. When Leu auctioned this coin last month they described it as 40 mm and I got interested...
Edit: ALL SOLD. For a decade I was interested in coins of Roman Mesopotamia. There are several good books on the Roman East and its interactions...
Mark Fox wrote the Moneta list this: "Late last year, Turkey and Tunisia formally requested the US to impose import restrictions on a very wide...
Some ancient coins indicate their denominations. Early Republican denarii have an "X" for ten, but that is not quite the same as actually naming...
This tetradrachm of Roman Alexandria has emperor Claudius on the obverse and this mother, Antonia, on the reverse. Antonia was the younger...
When you buy a coin from a photograph, after you've got it, it is a good idea to compare the coin to the photograph and see if you can tell what...
In this thread bcuda wrote I don't get to show very many people my coins cause they just don't have any interest. So sorry but you guys are my...
Gallienus, Roman emperor 253-268, issued a whole "zoo" of coin types in his last issue of his sole reign at Rome, c. 267-268. The Cunetio Treasure...
Nisibis was a city in Roman Mesopotamia, now named Nusaybin in Turkey, on its border with Syria. Map from https://i.imgur.com/lHoCQtt.jpg and...
In the 1970's and 1980's and early 1990's Alex Malloy (who wrote Coins of the Crusader States) was the main dealer in the US for medieval coins....
Each of these coins cost me, including shipping, under $100. These ten are listed in order of purchase during the year: #1[ATTACH] 12-10 mm....
There is a hoard of the formerly-rare early coins of Aspendos in Pamphylia (south central coast of Turkey). Sear "Greek Coins and Their Values"...
This coin has a reverse legend unique to Salonina, wife of Gallienus (253-268) [ATTACH] 21-20 mm. 2.74 grams. SALONINA AVG Bust of Salonina...
When in Rome collectors will want to see the Coliseum and the Forum. Near, but not in, the Forum is the Capitoline museum with its hall of...
Leo VI was the elder son of Byzantine emperor Basil I and assumed the throne in 886 when Basil died. Alexander was the younger son. [ATTACH]...
Some of the most common Greek silver coins of fractional denominations are from Kyzikos (Cyzicus) with the forepart of boar with tunny behind /...
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