Here is a coin with an obverse legend used only at Serdica: [ATTACH] IMP C AVRELIANVS INVICTVS AVG on an otherwise common type RESTITVT ORBIS...
460 euros hammer for a Herennia Etruscilla is high, but she often has an ugly portrait and is usually struck with worn dies. Here is one I got...
Serdica was a Roman [EDIT: Roman imperial] mint opened under Aurelian c. 271. Serdica is the name for the Roman city on the site of modern city of...
Yes. [ATTACH] Yes, it is MIBE 24 = Sear 17. Metcalf, Anastasian Currency Reform 91-94. This example is 23 mm and 12.05 grams (remarkably...
There is a thin book by D. M. Metcalf, The Origins of the Anastasian Currency Reform, published in 1969, which has more than most of us want to...
They went from small to big in successive reforms of 498 and 512, as discussed on this page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/ under "copper...
[ATTACH] Hercules combats the Hydra. 28 mm. 11.61 grams. Geta (198-209-212) at Hadrianopolis BMC Thrace 119. ex CNG e-auction in 2003. Next:...
Yes. You can see them here: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/adfini/ at my site "Adfini, Cognat, Patri, Socero, under Maxentius at Rome." Here is...
For much more about early Christian references on coins, see my site: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Christian/ChristianSymbols.html It has many...
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I don't think anyone responding was thinking you were writing about $1000 coins. You mentioned Gordian III, not a nice $1500 owl or a solidus. It...
Good advice. @Gam3rBlake , you bought it, so someone else might. I wouldn't bet on it, and if they did, they might like a second Gordian III...
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...
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