The Asyut Hoard was buried circa 475 BC and had much more variety than you would expect. I feel it was either someone's coin collection or a...
The coins look genuine. Remember that Russia and Georgia have laws against exporting antiquities. If you and the dealer get into a squabble it...
The style does not look Kushan. It looks like this thing: http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=HDBGe4GZ2oU=
Wow @Pellinore I have never seen provincials that small! My smallest is a relatively huge 14mm: [ATTACH] Lycaonia, Iconium, 41-138 AD (time of...
Here is a coin with PROVIDENTIA but no Providentia: [ATTACH] Septimus Severus 207-208 AD 3.05g denarius 18mm. Rome. Obv: SEVERVS – PIVS AVG;...
Kuenker is auctioning off a collection of early portraits and has a video about the earliest human portraits on coins. [MEDIA]
Start slowly. Before you embark on collecting Sestertii for every emperor you might acquire a few interesting and varied pieces of various eras....
All of these colors are great. Here is one of mine with a color I like: [ATTACH] LYCAONIA. Iconium (as Claudiconium). Hadrian (117-138 AD). AE....
Can you send a screenshot of the HTML I wrote? I had trouble especially with the Ma-E combo.
Thank you for your hard work trying to get the inscription into Unicode. I have struggled with the same thing. It is unfortunate that CoinTalk...
I don't think I have a page on the Dioscuri. I do have a coin -- or rather an ancient fourree in imitiation of a denarius. [ATTACH] L. MEMMIUS....
[ATTACH] Thrace, Deultum. Tranquillina (241-244AD) AE22 6.64g Obv: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG; Draped bust right, wearing stephane Rev: [COL FL] PAC...
The magistrate is Χίμαρος (Chimaros). See Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, page 291 for an example. (In French). [Many years ago I...
There is widespread disagreement about Pliny's statement. Michael Crawford calls this passage "hopelessly confused". (Scroll back about two...
Pliny the Elder, Natural History book 33 chapter 46 "... in spurious coin there is an alloy of copper employed. ... It was in consequence of...
Maybe the common folks knew a few hieroglyphics? Or maybe the die cutters were used to making hieroglyphics and didn't know what else to draw?...
I recall that an ancient source mentions that fourrees were collected in Roman times but I can't seem to find it now... Here is a Greek and a...
The shield/helmet bronzes make a good cheap series to collect because there are many varieties and even the rare ones are rarely expensive in...
Although the Β Α inscription seems to indicate Alexander the Great, there is a good chance these shield/helmet bronzes were issued by Demetrius....
According to US Customs website https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/internet-purchases "Giving misleading or inaccurate information...
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