This coin matters because it broke the Roman taboo against living people being depicted on coins. The portrait denarii of Julius Caesar was one of...
I have a couple of scruffy widow's mites in my collection--scruffy mites, not scruffy widows--but I know nothing about Alexander Jannaeus. What...
One more suggestion: I often hear about "luster" being used to confirm the legitimacy of a silver coin (or actually, to confirm that it's not a...
@Alegandron, I believe there is some disagreement about the origin of your first coin, the tetartemorion. Although formally believed to have...
Ask the seller to weigh it. It looks fine from the photo. Usually a fourrée with that much wear will have some of the core busting through, but...
Congratulations @dougsmit. Bet you can't keep it at an even 100,000 for long, though.
It depends on the auction house. Any reputable dealer knows that keeping customers happy is much more important that any one particular sale. They...
Just want to add that the fact that this coin comes from Carthage adds extra interest, in my opinion. Also, the FELIX ADVENTVS reverse is scarcer...
Well . . . maybe there's just an influx of some really good drugs into the neighborhood.
I think graphite is neutral, so it shouldn't hurt anything.
Every ancient collector should have at least one VRBS ROMA coin. @Collecting Nut, I think the mint mark on your coin is SMTSE, E being "Epsilon",...
Taken together, these two statements are problematic. If you try to include Julia now, your diagram would cover several pages.
Thank you so much for pointing these out. You are providing a great service to all of us. That is, unless one of us is the counterfeiter.
That's quite an undertaking. I feel overwhelmed just looking at it--can't imagine trying to put it all together. The only suggestion I can offer...
I haven't, but at this point I'm not sure I'd admit it even if I had.;)
So, as I said, I sorta messed up and opened my Saturnalia gift early. I suspect seeing what I received is going to make it even harder for many of...
Gallienus minted a HUGE variety of coins. His coins are covered in RIC, v.5, part 1, which was published in 1927, almost 100 years ago. It's not...
So now I'm confused. If we know nothing about Skostokos except his coins, why is your coin attributed to Skostokos II?
So sorry to hear of your battle with cancer, @Severus Alexander, but I am glad that the immunotherapy has given you a respite from the pain and...
Case in point: [ATTACH] Constantine I ("the Great") A.D. 307-337 Cyzicus mint, A.D. 307 RIC 26b Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES Rev: GENIO AVGG...
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