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  Allen G. Berman - Numismatics and Coins
Coins are the point of contact where an ancient Roman merchant and a Professor in Vancouver, or where a peasant during the Bolshevik Revolution and 21st century American
As a hobby, coin collecting is not only intellectually stimulating, it is a pursuit suited to any budget from $10 per month to $10,000 per month depending on one's tastes.
Coins are one of the few examples of ancient or medieval artifacts to have been mass produced in the modern sense.
www.bermania.com   (709 words)

  
 Coin reveals little-known Roman ruler - Science - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Roman coin displaying the head of a virtually unknown Roman ruler known as Domitianus is examined by its discoverer, Brian Malin, at the British Museum in London on Tuesday.
When I showed our coin to the woman who has been working on it she jumped for joy because it bore out everything she had said about hers,” Abdy said, noting the French coin had been dated to A.D. The Gallic Empire was established in 260, when rule from Rome was weakening, by Postumus.
The British coin, which goes on show at the British Museum starting Wednesday, was found on farmland near Oxford just under a year ago as part of a hoard of 5,000 Roman coins fused together in an earthenware pot.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4361643   (610 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR--De Imperatoribus Romanis Roman History Roman Roman Empire Imperator Basileus De Imperatoribus ...
Note: Because the Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins has been reprogramed in a way that makes all its old links invalid, the DIR can only offer access to this wonderful site via the link here on the DIR home page.
Note: All line drawings of Roman coins for emperors before the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. are reprinted from H. Cohen, Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire romain, Paris, 1880-1892.
Note: All photographs of Roman coins and statuary of emperors before the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., unless otherwise noted, are reproduced from
www.roman-emperors.org   (597 words)

  
 Ancient Coin Dealers - Coin Gallery Online
We have created our 'virtual' coin store as a place where ancient coin collectors can browse, learn a little more about this wonderful hobby of ours and hopefully get connected with other collectors.
Alexander Basok is one of the leading dealers in world coins from ancient and medieval through modern with emphasis on Russian Coins: from the wire money to Soviet coins.
We are holding 4 annual auctions of coins and medals of all periods, and are specialized in Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Oriental and Medieval coins.
www.coin-gallery.com /cgancientcoins.htm   (576 words)

  
 Ancient Coin Store - ancient roman and greek coins, collectibles, and antiquities
Coins are "witnesses" to the past and have aesthetic value beyond their monetary value as collectibles.
Greek and Roman citizens would bury their coins for safekeeping, much in the same way as we today place our money in the bank for safekeeping.
Soldiers and citizens often buried their coins before battle, and as people were driven from their lands or even worse, killed, the coins would remain where they lay for hundreds or even thousands of years and more.
www.ancientcoinstore.com   (408 words)

  
 oldromancoins.com - Roman coins, ancient coins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
coins of Augustus coins of Tiberius coins of Caligula coins of Claudius
coins of Nero, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius coins of Vespasian, Titus and Domitian
coins of the Severan dynasty coins of Roman military Emperors coins of the late Roman Empire
www.oldromancoins.com   (262 words)

  
 Ancient Roman Coins
The coins that I have come directly from the source of the find and are ancient Roman coins for the most part, with some Greek and also other ancient coins.
For one thing, a coin that has lain in the ground for centuries, no matter what surrounding conditions are, is going to take on some of the minerals in the soil.
Many of these coins are scarce or rare and are sought after by the rich and by museums, as well as private collectors.
www.geocities.com /WallStreet/3953   (1068 words)

  
 Rosenblum Rare Coins | Numismatist since 1971
I believe he took my course on Biblical coins at the ANA seminar twice and he was knowledgeable enough in that field that he helped me catalog those coins on more than one occasion.
He collected "George" coins, he collected his birth year (1926) and he collected coins, medals and tokens with barbed wire on them.
Highlights include three coins of Puerto Rico including a Peso and a 40 Centavo, numerous "slabbed" coins including a Cuban gold, a rare East German minor and a Venezuelan pattern, rare coins of the Crusaders and a very long and extensive listing of both coins and tokens from Palestine.
www.rosenblumcoins.com   (1995 words)

  
 Roman Coins and Roman History
Rome's is therefore a history which must be reckoned with when essaying to understand the historical development of just about any western cultural artifact or institution, and coins are a striking (no pun intended) case in point.
It was just a matter of time until Rome was to fall, but it is a mark of its and the Church's eminence and power that the waves of barbarian invaders were held off as long as they were.
The coin depicted above is No. 77 in the catalogue, sestertius of Nero, A.D. Reverse: Triumphal arch.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/essays/romanc.html   (279 words)

  
 Ancient Coins - Ancient Coin Collecting - Collecting Ancient Coins
On the supply side, billions of ancient Greek and Roman coins were minted over more than a millennium, and unlike with modern coins, availability increases as numerous ancient coins are dug up from the ground each year in source countries such as Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Israel.
In a nutshell, though modern coins have their considerable attractions, you can't beat ancient coins for their awe/cost ratio, at least according to ancient coin collectors.
This site deals mostly with Roman coins, but this is where a lot of people get started, as ancient Roman coins are on average are about one-third the cost of ancient Greek coins.
rg.ancients.info /guide/ancients.html   (1918 words)

  
 Ancient Coin Collector - Buy and Sell Ancient and Rare Coins - 5 Nice Roman Coins - Great For New Collector, 40 Good ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The US Coins category has morgan dollars, lincoln wheat cents, indian head pennies, buffalo nickels, state quarters, commemorative silver coins, double eagle gold coins, mint proof sets and more.
Find gold panda coins or a silver panda, ancient roman, canadian gold maple leaf, silver maple leaf coin, south american coins, world gold coin and byzantine coins on Ancient Coin Collector.
Ancient Coin Collector also has a broad selection of Exonumia, including elongated coins, encased coins, medals, civil war coins, transit tokens and US trade tokens.
www.ancientcoincollector.com   (702 words)

  
 Ancient Coins . biz - Roman Imperial, Roman Provincial, Greek Coins, Roman Artifacts ! Cheap ! Bargain ! Sale !
A very interesting coin from the times when the Roman Republic was not bigger than today's Italy and this coin came to Rome by sea merchants to be overstruck.
Roman Republican Triens overstruck on a Hemilitron of Hieron II.
Roman Republican Quadrans overstruck on a coin of Hieron II.
www.ancientcoins.net   (293 words)

  
 Coins of Gallienus' Zoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
One group of these coins was issued very near the end of his reign and honor nine Roman deities, asking for their protection against these troubles.
The Cunetio Hoard consisting of 54,951 coins was found in England in 1978, and is sometimes used as an example of the coins in circulation when it was buried in the early 270's.
During the reign of Gallienus, the Roman Imperial mints were beginning a system of putting mint and/or officina (workshop within a mint) marks on coins, a practice that was to continue throughout the remainder of the Imperial period.
www.ruark.org /coins/Zoo   (1390 words)

  
 Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins Homepage
The Catalog provides only a sample of the thousands of Roman coin types, but it is constantly growing so please check back from time to time to view the new material.
is an innovative project based on the collaboration of private coin collectors and dealers and a college professor who wants to create a useful resource for his students, other teachers and their students, and the general public.
Coins are usually the main Roman issues with Latin legends, but a few provincial coins are included at this time.
vcrc.austincollege.edu   (442 words)

  
 Educational Websites about Ancient Coins
A serious mistake many beginners make is to think their coin is worth as much as some other coin for sale because the coins are the same "type of coin." But value is even more dependent upon "condition" which is very difficult to describe.
Roman provincial coins of the Balkans, an online translation of Nikola Moushmov's 1912 classic reference work, "Ancient Coins of the Balkan Peninsula", with pages enhanced by addition of links to the Moushmov plates as well as the insertion of individual coin entries from the WildWinds DataBank.
Byzantine gold coins are extensively illustrated and discussed by a major private collector.
esty.ancients.info /numis/sitelinks.html   (1947 words)

  
 Roman Numismatic Gallery
Roman Officials of the Early Empire on Coins
This museum features a portrait gallery of Roman emperors and their families from the late Roman republic to the end of the western Roman Empire, both on coins and in sculpture.
In addition you will find Roman historical coins; countermarks on Roman coins; legionary stamps on Roman bricks; Roman military diploma; Roman military equipment; officials, provinces, buildings, animals, gods and mintmarks on Roman coins.
www.romancoins.info   (256 words)

  
 ROBERT G. LILLY
If you want you may send me an e-mail to reserve a coin or coins, and I will usually respond with a confirmation within 48 hours (If I don't I'm probably out of town).
Coins may be reserved for up to 10 days.
Coins may be returned for 14 days after receipt for a full refund unless damaged in some way.
www.wvinter.net /~lilcoins   (208 words)

  
 The Celator resource center & Wayne G. Sayles, Ancient Coins for sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ancient coin collecting is one of the oldest forms of collecting known.
We can learn much from the images on their coins, and the thousands of years that separate us tend to vanish when we hold an ancient coin in our hands.
The collecting of ancient coins was known in past centuries as the hobby of kings.
www.celator.com   (216 words)

  
 Ancient Greek and Roman Coins 2004 Version
Coins shown on this site are not for sale and belong to a number of different collectors who have been so kind as to allow me to photograph their coins.
Legion III Coins of Septimius Severus Rome and Alexandria
AE2 of Magnentius A Chi-Rho coin of a pagan ruler (ACM)
dougsmith.ancients.info   (1398 words)

  
 Esty's Guide to Late Roman AE, 364 - 450
But huge numbers of coins from the early part of this time period have been coming out of the Balkans, and the original rarity ratings in RIC are from 1933(!), so some changes are in order.
Hunter Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet, volume V, by Anne Robertson, has 19 page plates of coins (mostly not AE) from Valentinian I to 498 (and 77 more plates from the reform of Diocletian to Valentinian, for which it is excellent for AE).
Valentinian III's coins are distinguished from those of Valentinian II primarily by type and occasionally by their remarkably crude engraving.
esty.ancients.info /ricix   (5494 words)

  
 Herakles Numismatics, Inc.
Herakles won fame for completing twelve seemingly impossible tasks, known as the "Labors of Herakles." Worshiped by the Greeks as both a god and as a mortal hero, Herakles is depicted on coins throughout ancient Greek history.
Coins have been among us for more than two and one-half millennia.
Appreciate their history and marvel at their beauty, as coins are eternally scattered to the ends of the globe!
www.herakles-inc.com   (218 words)

  
 BeastCoins - Links
Coins from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and the Maldives.
Heather has a really wide variety of coins in her collection and hopes to put up a price list at some time too.
The cleaning, restoration, and preservation of ancient bronze coins and artifacts with some comments on the patination of ancient silver and bronze.
www.beastcoins.com /Links/Links.htm   (1231 words)

  
 Ancient coins and coin dealers
Ancient coin dealer with ancient roman coins, roman history, byantine coins, classical numismatics with hundreds of coins over 1000 years old in a huge online catalog.
Ancient style coins and medallions of art engraver Petr Souek, made by original old techniques, reproductions of ancient and medieval coins, jewelry and other artifacts.
DMITRY MARKOV Coins & Medals is one of the leading dealers in Ancient, Medieval, Islamic and Russian Coins, Russian and Soviet Orders and Medals, Militaria and Antiquities in the United States.
www.coinresource.com /directory/ancient.htm   (1158 words)

  
 ACCLA - Ancient Coin Club of Los Angeles
The Ancient Coin Club of Los Angeles (ACCLA) was established in 1966 to advance the knowledge and study of ancient numismatics, ancient coins, and their history.
ACCLA members include people just beginning their ancient coin collection, people who are interested in ancient history and numismatics but who do not collect coins, and some very experienced numismatists with an extensive knowledge of the field.
ACCLA members have had articles published in journals such as the Celator, and some member's coins have been featured as plate coins in important numismatic publications such as David Sear's new edition of Roman Coins and Their Values.
www.accla.org   (292 words)

  
 BeastCoins
During 2003, the decision was made to start focusing on fewer study topics in order to do more in depth analysis, instead of collecting over a wide range of material.
For example, all Roman Imperial coins will now be found under the Ancient Coins page, Roman Imperial sub-page and broken down by volume matching Roman Imperial Coins, published by Spink.
If you find any information on the site to be incorrect, or if you would like to offer more information on a subject, feel free to send me an email any time.
www.beastcoins.com   (376 words)

  
 Barry & Darling Ancient Coins
Moneta-L is a free discussion list, brought to you by Kevin Barry and Thom Bray, dedicated to the joys of ancient coin collecting.
However, announcements for coin sales on eBay and similar venues are not allowed.
Let us say that you have a coin that you need help with and you have an image, but you do not have a place on the Internet that you can point people to to see it.
www.bitsofhistory.com /moneta-l.html   (993 words)

  
 Celator's Art Ancient Coins
I've been collecting ancient coins since I stumbled across them in a shop in London, and I found myself hooked by the thrill of being able to have a little piece of history that I can hold in my hand, and yet not have to spend a small fortune to do so.
With so many coins available, even a collector on a limited budget (ie: non-millionaires) can put together a very nice collection of coins with good eye appeal and historical interest.
I've included some pages aimed at the beginning collector of Roman coins, as well as links to educational sites, on-line collections of ancient coins, ancient Roman and Greek historical information, and other topics that you may find of interest.
www.celatorsart.com   (323 words)

  
 Calgary Coin Gallery - ancient, medieval and modern coins and antiquities.
Calgary Coin Gallery - ancient, medieval and modern coins and antiquities.
Calgary Coin Gallery is pleased to bring you a selection of ancient, medieval and modern coins for all collector interests and budgets.
We have an interesting selection of ancient Greek and Roman coins, Parthian, Sassanian, Islamic, Judaic, Celtic, Chinese, British and medieval Europe coins, and an extensive listing of Canadian coins.
www.calgarycoin.com   (133 words)

  
 Bargain Ancient Roman Coins For Sale
This is where you will find the cheapest ancient coins and antiquities on the net.
This delightful coin would be an excellent addition to any collection, or indeed as an unusual gift.
I also collect ancient Roman, Saxon and Celtic coins and antiquities, also Shipwreck coins and relics.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~travis1   (170 words)

  
 ACM PRESENTS--Doug Smith's COIN VIEW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Doug Smith began collecting ancient coins while in high school in the early 1960's.
Glossary of terms for the "heads" of coins.
Coins From The Junkbox II: Valentinian & Theodosius
www.ancientcoinmarket.com /ds/ds_index.html   (286 words)

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