So apparently Zenobia was a Christian: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F223927857203...
I seem to have a real gift for asking impossibly complex questions that tax the goodwlll of even the most patient reader on this board. But here I...
If you have $90,000 and wish to practice your coin cleaning skills, this deal is for you....
Consummatum Est. So about fifteen years after getting my first Twelve Caesars coin, I have finally finished my Twelve Caesars set to my...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I’ve had this coin for several years and have never been able to properly identify it. It’s a Crispus votive coin, with vows for...
So I was reading around about the reverse legend MARTI PATRI CONSERVATOR, which appears on early folles of Constantine, ca. 307. In the old...
So I really like ANS's ONLINE COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (OCRE) site. http://numismatics.org/ocre/ It's helpful to get a fix on average...
I recently ran across this coin--a campgate of Constantine II (I think; the obverse is a bit worn). The mintmark looks like STAF, which makes no...
TL;DR: A cheap clip-on macro lens improved my simple iPhone coin photography. This is a post for people like me who use their cell phone to...
[IMG] PHOTO: CNG RESEARCH (NOT MINE, ALAS). Galerius. AD 305-311. Æ Follis (26mm, 6.55 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Struck circa AD...
YEAR END FAVORITE LIST So I thought about not doing a Top 10 list this year. It’s not been a very good year. Actually, let me rephrase that. It’s...
[ATTACH] Technically, my 12 Caesars set is complete once my AMCC 2 Otho arrives. But I would like to upgrade my Titus. My collecting guideline...
[ATTACH] So I picked up this URBS ROMA FELIX from eBay for $3.98 shipped. It's a scarce issue, struck for Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius II...
TL; DR: What was the first bronze coin of Constantine the Great? So I’m trying to figure out what should be a fairly easy question to answer:...
I think I have asked this question in some form before, but I’d like to try again since I’m still searching for an answer. Put simply: How much...
2528 silver coins. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-49487078 TEXT: A huge hoard of silver coins dating back to the aftermath of the...
[ATTACH] I am writing to gather some thoughts about the Latin expansion of the long inscription on the VLPP “two victories” reverse type of...
... or, "What I did over my summer vacation." So I enjoyed 10 days in England in late July, though I didn’t really enjoy the heat wave. (Air...
I am interested in depictions of the patera on coins. Can we crowd source the earliest appearance of a patera on a Greek or Roman coin? I'm...
So I finally won a cody111111 auction on eBay. He seems to be a good seller, but this fact is no secret, which means his auction results can...
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