So I've been slowly working to accomplish a few goals with my collecting. One is to get at least one nummus from the first tetrarchy from each...
Here's a good article by an ancient coin collector about the kinds of issues I brought up. He has a section regarding this that I'm just going to...
So years ago, a coin dealer put up some coins from the Antioch Hoard of Gallienus. I hadn't heard of it at the time, but the coins were much...
Sad to hear that. I guess Forvm's page on him hasn't been updated in a while.
So I was reading up on the Antioch Gallienus Hoard, but one thing I'm curious about but can't find is when the hoard was dug up or at least...
I remember reading about one papyrus contract from I think the later third century AD where it specified that it was to be payed in "good silver,"...
I really wonder if the silvering was something the Roman government actively told people they were doing or if they just started doing it quietly...
Don't suppose you're in the Springfield area, are you?
I think most people still think that ancient coins are something only museums and millionaires can get. So they saw this as "Drug dealer also has...
I don't really bother with uncleaned coins anymore, but when I was starting out in college, they were a fun supplement to the other cheap coins I...
I have a really high tolerance for broken coins. Here are a couple of my favorites: [IMG] Philip I The Arab Reigned AD 244-249 Coin Struck AD...
My concern is more for the destruction of archaeological sites and context than it is with who legally should own what. Once this information is...
I'm not saying it never happens (and I appreciate the work you put into this), but I've very rarely been given any information on a coin beyond...
Honestly, the fact that dealers don't keep prominence is a massive problem. It makes it impossible to tell if your coins were from an illegal dig...
If you hold it just right, you can see the faint shape of the distinctive domed temple on the reverse. I might see if I can get it to photograph...
It's a type of coin introduced by Constantius II. It's usually thought to be the largest of his bronze denominations (so it would include all the...
Could you get a picture of the actual coin you have? Also, this would probably make sense as its own thread.
I don't think the denarius' value changed under Diocletian. The smalles coins that had been made regularly had been worth at least 2 denarii* for...
The denarius was pretty defunct by the time of Diocletian's reform as well. Units of account can be weird. The sestertius was commonly used as...
Can you provide a picture of the other side?
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