Here is a left facing Caracalla "seen from the rear": [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Prier 228, struck 4th consulship (Delta at the end of the reverse...
Here is another one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 19-18 mm. 3.76 grams. "The hound and spear are clearly her [Diana's] attributes" Crawford, page 407. Sear...
This has been debated endlessly. I follow all the scholarly articles, and some of the fora that have discussed this. I think most think some...
Here are two fifth century rarities. Valentinian III, AE2, RIC X 461 "R4" (only 2-3 known to RIC X) [ATTACH] 22 mm (Really large for the time)....
I strongly second the idea of enlargements. I have visited many coin displays and coins are too small to grab much attention without a hook....
Ancient imitations, including fourrees, are interesting--at least I thought so: http://esty.ancients.info/imit/ One of the pages there...
The face of Marysas could not be improved. Wonderful!
Here is a Constantius Gallus with LXXII for "72 to the Roman pound." [ATTACH]
I wonder if there is some way to sue eBay as complicit in fraud. They have been told about fakes offered by, for example, Saxbys-coins, a...
There are lot of tiny, ill-struck, coins thought to be issued by the Vandals according to Wroth in 1908 that scholars no longer attribute with any...
Here is an English newspaper's story on it:...
The article mentions, "Coins, probably made in the East, ...". In that era it is easy to tell where coins were made--they all have mint marks.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's mine, of the OP type, bought late last year well under $200.
I have been preparing a talk on ancient coins to be given at our university museum next Thursday. It already included PowerPoint slides of several...
The "Handbook of Greek Coinage" by Oliver Hoover, volume 9 on Seleucid coins, "Handbook of Syrian Coins: Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First...
I think Caracalla's year TRP XVIII is the first year of issue for the antoninianus, a new denomination. The OP shows a denarius from that year....
red_spork's answer is just right.
Those who wish to sell coins to you will tell you that prices have gone up and can point to many examples. However, that is with the benefit of...
Like so many others, I cannot choose just one. I think my first favorite was Trajan. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] He issued many coins with connections to...
The first coin has a wonderful design. They must be very rare.
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