With the news that production of 2 penny coins is being paused, it’s tempting to think the humble penny’s time might be up soon. Its purchasing...
Denarius - The Emperor Tiberius and his Mother Livia [ATTACH] Tiberius Claudius Nero Born: B.C. 42 Emperor: A.D. 14-37 Obverse: Portrait...
I was browsing the most recent edition of Coin World magazine and came across a photo of one of my coins used to illustrate an article titled...
This is one of my first ancients purchase (c. 1987..."I grow old...I grow old... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled..."). After 30+...
Hello everyone, I'm considering updating my roman silver coin storage set-up to something more long term. I was thinking storing the coins in...
[IMG] Hi all. I recently bought these denarii for what I believe was a good price from a well established ebay seller. Im relatively new to...
Until a couple years ago, I had no idea what an al marco coin was. But thanks to several examples and explanations and theories in Coin Talk...
Hi All, Quick Question to the group: Does anyone know if a die study has been done on the Cleoptara - Marc Antony denarii ? I just bought one and...
Just got this one last week and found it was interesting to attribute. Hadrian has what is for me the biggest Aegis around - looks like those...
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend , Ive seen this coin for sale at a quite reasonable price and thought some other opinions would help...
After three weeks of travels, I came home to find this coin had arrived in the mail. I am hoping that some of CT's Flavian fans will add to or...
[ATTACH] I have a brockage of the Roman Republican denarius shown above. The picture above is from Ernest Babelon, Cosconia 1, published in...
[ATTACH] While the portraits often draw me to a coin - the stories of the people and the history of the Roman Republic linked to it bring me back....
Bankers' marks were a way to distinguish official coinage from counterfeit, and perhaps had other purposes that are lost (at least to me). While...
Since Rome's imperial history produced many coins, it is quite easy to create a timeline of emperors using denarii. But are there any emperors who...
Is there a specific name for the 'faded' and 'stretched' effect of the lettering on the edge of roman denarii? What causes this and is it specific...
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, or if everyone else knows this and I'm the last to know, but I've just learned something about...
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