The ancients forum has a thread Post a coin related to an actual historical event! at...
If you like the idea of this thread, you will like the book Roman Historical Coins by Clive Foss. Hardcover in the Seaby series, 335 pages,...
Yesterday I added some $5-$15 ancient coins to my page: http://augustuscoins.com/inexpensive.html and today I added five more. Shipping is $2 in...
We have had many threads that mentioned wolf-and-twins coins. Most are common Roman imperial types. Here is a Roman provincial: [ATTACH]...
The second coin on this page about radiate fractions is your type, but with B = 2 instead of E = 5....
Bears are rare. But, there is one on a provincial coin of Nicopolis. [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, 193-211. 27 mm. 11.55 grams. Nicopolis, Lower...
What a wonderful type! It is very remarkable and must be very rare.
Here is an illustrated type set of Gratian's AE types: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/Gratian.html [ATTACH] This one is one of the rarest....
Since banker's marks don't have style, I could imagine practicing a bit with a chisel on a US cent and then using the same technique on a recently...
John III, 1221-1254, "was responsible for the extension of Nicaean power into the Balkans and the eventual suppression of the only serious...
That one post is overwhelming. Those coins would serve to start twenty good threads, each different and interesting in its own right. Splendid! I...
I have added many coins to my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Some are on the Byzantine page: http://augustuscoins.com/Byzantine.html...
There are two reverses that go with that obverse: [ATTACH] This one is the bridge reverse discussed above. 14-13 mm. 1.08 grams. RIC VIII...
I'd say harshly cleaned, but genuine.
I'm okay with the above two. But, surely extra creatures on the other side would be good, too. This gives four times the score to a coin with an...
This REX ARETAS type is "busy" and often the flans are too small for the dies. Not many Republican types try to put that much information one one...
@robinjojo , that's a nice XXX coin. The XXX denomination was also issued by Phocas, 602-610: [ATTACH] Phocas (= Focas) 602-610 30-28 mm....
I agree that lots 546-571 are modern fakes. 653-665 are too. That sort of fabric was never seen until a few counterfeiters starting making silly...
Here is a Byzantine coin of an unusual denomination, 30. Most early Byzantine AE coins are 40 (M or XXXX), 20 (K or XX), 10 (I or X), 5 (Є or V)...
Here is a page on the coins of the First Tetrarchy, which he founded: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/tetrarchy/ [ATTACH] Diocletian 27 mm. 8.37...
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