I recently bought this Maximian follis from Trier with the mintmark (as I read it) ITR. [ATTACH] Clearly it's a Trier follis, but I'm not sure...
Hi folks. I collect ancients, so I have no expertise with US coins. A friend of a friend has this penny, and he thinks he sees 1888E as the date....
So occasionally I purchase coins on eBay, at least from sellers I trust or for coins that I don't have any suspicions about. Sometimes the seller...
[ATTACH] So I saw this coin in an unsold lot from an Italian auction. The first thing I noticed was the inscriptional letters. Now, what I know...
A question from one still new to the world of non-eBay auctions. I am interested in a coin in the Baldwin's of St. James's, Auction 28. It’s...
[ATTACH] So I’ve had this coin in my junk box for quite a while and almost tossed it in the cull pile, especially since the badly worn obverse...
I really should know the answer to this question, but I confess I do not. Pictured are two coins, both of Constantine with the Sol reverse, and...
So I’m going to apologize ahead of time for my long-windedness. Feel free to just scroll and look at the pictures. I’ve really had a fun year...
On Monday, November 5, I was pleased to host @Victor_Clark and his wife at Union University. Victor gave a substantial illustrated lecture on...
CALIGULA AE AS VESTA, ex Numismatica Tintinna I have just placed this CALIGULA VESTA on eBay with a low starting bid. Someone will likely get a...
A friend brought in this bronze weight he bought at an estate sale. He wondered if it was ancient. I told him I thought it was 20th c., but...
So I have a tiny little AE4 Valentinian II. It's actually in decent shape for an AE4. [ATTACH] DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG; diademed, draped, and...
I guess we can all fool people into thinking that we frequent fancy museums....
[ATTACH] So the middle coin arrived this week from Spain--an eBay snack from Lucernae. I’m trying to get a CONSTANTINE SOL INVICTUS from each...
Here’s a thread to refer beginners to. I think other CT members may have tried this sort of thing in the past, but it might be a good idea to do...
There have been so many threads on Constantine and Christian symbols (like this recent one) that I’m somewhat reticent to begin another. But I’d...
I use coins in the classroom both at my university and even in a Sunday School class that I teach at my church. I want people to touch the coins...
So I'm teaching a Classics course this semester. Here's the reading list: Apuleius. The Golden Ass. Trans. P. G. Walsh. Oxford: Oxford UP,...
For the record, I do support the notion that a collector may determine the criteria for a “Twelve Caesars” set. I do not believe there are “rules”...
"After years of searching, archaeologists believe they have found the sunken remains of the church where the historic First Council of Nicaea was...
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