Here it is, as an enlargement and life-size listing: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The PR was 2800 ChF + 15% buyer's fee (if delivered outside...
I love the curly beard. Constantius was the only tetrarch sometimes depicted with a distinctive beard (only at eastern mints. From western mints,...
Diocletian's coin reform of c. 294 introduced new denominations including the so-called "post-reform radiate" also known as the "radiate...
You better stick to major established dealers. When it comes to antiquities, most ancient-coin dealers do not have the expertise to authenticate...
Wonderful coins! Thank you for showing them to us.
Take a look here http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ for a beginner's guide to ancient coins. Page 2 explains why they are so common. Collecting...
A large photo archive of Samanid multiple dirhams is at zeno.ru here: https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1100
The OP sestertius is excellent. I have the Birley book, which is very good, and Michael Grant's The Severans which is not one of his better...
Even Album has changed his numbering between the second and fourth editions. The Nūḥ with this listing in the fourth edition: "Nūḥ II (b....
Mitchiner's World of Islam is the most available source. However, it is far from complete and even has some errors (according to reviewers). By...
Samanid coins. Multiple dirhams. The fabled Silk Road cities of Balkh, Samarkand, and Bukhara were large and prosperous cites that were centers...
The boy-riding-dolphin type of Taras (= Tarentum, on the inside of the heel of Italy's boot) is very well known and comes with many varieties....
"TS" is the usual abbreviation for "Thessalonica" on tetrarchal coins after 294 in RIC VI. So, the "S" is not secunda, but part of "Thessalonica."...
I find it interesting that Greek cities usually issued coins of different denominations with the same design. Anyone can tell a tetradrachm from a...
That's a great story. There are a lot of nice people in this hobby.
The bar above the CH indicates an abbreviation. It is very common on Byzantine coins. For example, the IS XS (Jesus Christus) on anonymous folles...
Under Justinian (527-565) the city we know as Antioch changed its name to Theopolis (Theoupolis) "City of God." Obviously, mintmarked coins would...
@dougsmit makes a good point. Slabs do provide a lot of protection and for a high-value coin that can be important. My coins are not at the level...
Splendid coins! It is too bad that they are submitted to be entombed in slabs. I hope the next owner cracks them out so they can exhibit all their...
I added that link to the site of links. Yes. That one is under "Other cultures." I solicit recommendations for links to other educational...
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