Anyone who collects but doesn't research the coins is, in my opinion, missing a lot of the joy of collecting. It is what you know that gives value...
Yours is a nice example. That example is unusually excellent. This page on anonymous folles will confirm your description:...
Dr. Alan Walker of the ancient-coin firm Nomos in Switzerland https://nomosag.com/ occasionally writes about cultural heritage. He sent out this...
Please tell us where that tree is.
For me it is still down at 10:45 pm Pacific time, June 22, 2026.
That's a nice example of a historical type. I have a page on FORTVNA types from the tetrarchy: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Fortuna/ with many...
Crispus was executed in 326 and Constantinople was opened as a mint in 326, so it didn't have long to issue coins of Crispus, which explains their...
Theme: Elephant [ATTACH] Drachm. 17 mm. 4.16 grams. Seleukos I, 312-281 BC. Head of Zeus right Athena in elephant quadriga. BAΣIΛΣΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY,...
Theme: African animal. [ATTACH] Hippo, exhibited at the games celebrating the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome. Otacilia Severa, wife...
Theme: Facing portrait. [ATTACH] Justinian, Byzantine emperor 257-565. Year 14. 39.4 - 38.1 mm. 22.69 grams. Large! Sear 163. Next: A green coin.
Theme: Furius [ATTACH] Roman Republican denarius of M. Furius L.F. Philus, 119 BC. 18 mm. 3.93 grams. M FOVRI L F around laureate Janus head...
Theme: Tyche [ATTACH] Philip I, 244-249, struck at Antioch. 29.6-29.2 mm. 17.78 grams. Reverse: Head of Tyche of Antioch, veiled, turreted,...
Time's up. We didn't come up with a Capricorn, so how about a Sagittarius instead? [ATTACH] Gordian III, 238-244 at Singara, Mesopotamia....
Theme: boar or pig [ATTACH] AE21. 7.95 grams. (In Italy) Apulia, city of Arpi Laureate head of Zeus left Kalydonian boar right, spaer above...
Theme: a Tetartemorion [ATTACH] Ionia, Miletos. c. 550-525 BC. 5-4 mm. 0.14 grams. Tiny! Facing lion's head/pattern of nine dots. Theoretically,...
"How about a coin with Iovi Fulgoratori?" That's going to be a difficult one! I just checked vcoins and " Iovi Fulgoratori" gets 0 hits. You may...
Theme: Crispus [ATTACH] Crispus. ALAMENNIA DEVICTA Sirmium mint. An event of 322, the victory of Crispus in Germany (according to Foss, Roman...
Theme: Countermark [ATTACH] A "lilah" (W-like, upside down, at 5:30, on the obverse of this very worn coin) Arabic countermark of after 1160 ΑD...
Theme: Two emperors on either obverse or reverse [ATTACH] A denarius of Vespasian, with his sons Titus and Domitian on the reverse. 19-17 mm....
This theme: a really, really heavy Aes Grave An Apolo/Apollo as of 69 mm and 368.7grams: [ATTACH] Crawford 18/1. Sear I 520. Very thick. Bought...
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