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Looks like “die rust.” I see that more often on ancient coins vs modern coins (View Post)

Although most of these coins are Tyre Shekels, the coin on the left in the last photo is a silver Tetradrachm of the Seleucid king Antiochus VII (View Post)

After collecting US coins for a decade, I dipped my toes into ancient coins in 2018. I've dabbled in various categories of ancient coinage such as Greek, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Roman Provinc… (View Post)

Roman coins are definitely more interesting than US coins from a historical standpoint. After all, the designs of Roman coinage served as political propaganda. Every Roman coin design served to trans… (View Post)

It depends on which field of Roman coins you're interested in. There are four categories of Roman coinage: Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Roman Provincial, and Byzantine. Each category has their own… (View Post)