Here's a very detailed guide on the subject.
This site is invaluable for identifying late Romans when you don't have much of a legend to work with.
In case you didn't already know this, if I read the coin correctly, it depicts Constantius II, and it was minted in Siscia between 340 and 348 AD....
It's really a collection of dozens of small stores, so it's a bit silly to try to lump them all in one category. Like the others, I've seen ones...
You might want to show him this website about Roman coins for kids if you want to show him something outside of modern stuff.
That doesn't really surprise me much. Most of the coins are of common emperors, and it sounds like most aren't in great shape, with over a fifth...
I agree with this. If you somehow proved that they are mostly silver (none should be more than about 50% silver at most), then they're definitely...
That coin has a lot of character. Very nice.
I don't really know anything about any denarii minted under Diocletian before his coinage reform (they would have been rather ceremonial pieces...
One of the big problems with eBay is that it's very easy to look reputable even if everything you sell is obviously fake to those in the know....
Honestly, I couldn't really do that one, either. I'd mostly just be interested in seeing what other people came up with.
My idea: have each participant come up with and draw/photoshop/whatever a redesign for a modern coin or unit of paper currency. The winner(s)...
How about selling mistakes as well? I once really lucked out on a coin due to the seller not really knowing what he was doing. He listed a...
I think this photo from Doug Smith's site gives a good idea of just how small Greek coins could get: [ATTACH]
I'd definitely grab K first. I love that reverse, and I've been meaning to get a coin of Magnentius. I really don't care about a minor break...
I agree on the style, though I do like the patina on the second one. As for missing or unclear legends, I don't care much unless it's a case...
It's a follis of Maximinus II when he was Caesar, and it was minted in Carthage between 305-308 AD.
I have plenty of ancients that most other collector's wouldn't touch. I'm actually fine with a coin that's broken as long as what's left is...
I know a bit more, and I have to agree that it doesn't look quite right, though I'd like clearer pictures before I really say anything...
It depends largely on what it is that you're cleaning. Every ancient coin needs some level of cleaning at some point, as they are pulling form...
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