Links to other sites emphasizing particular Roman emperors. The First Tetrarchy (Diocletian and colleagues). Severus Alexander ( year 5 at Alexandria). Trajan historical types, (his Parthian victory). Roman emperors (chronological order): Some types of DIVVS AVGVSTVS. Roman Republican: How dates are determined for coins of the Roman Republic. 305), the ' radiate fraction' from Diocletian's coin reform, the siliqua of the fourth century. Unusual denominations: The Republican and imperial quinarius, the early imperial quadrans and semis coins, the late Roman silver argenteus, late Roman AE fractions (mostly from Trier), the quarter-follis (c. Reverse types that are unique to a particular emperor. Large sites: VOTA coins of the Roman empire. Links to many pages on coins of the First Tetrarchy and later (284-324). Introduction to Byzantine coins, Byzantine coins of the Cherson mint.

What gives ancient coins value? (Maybe a bit advanced for beginners.) The difference between grade and condition. Skip down to the period of the Roman Republic, the third century, the tetrarchy, and Constantine.įor beginners: FAQ (the main page for beginners). If you care at all about late Roman AE, see what the new version has too offer! (More improvements will come.)Ģ022, March 30: Comments on what gives ancient coins value.Ĭontents: Scroll down to see site titles in chronological order of the topic. The old site on coins of Valentinian and later, 364-450, has been vastly improved with better images and much better navigation and better type sets for each emperor. What's new? 2022, June 25: Additions to the page ' Ancient coins with short stories' including a portrait coin of Pompey and the large (36 mm) coin with the bridge over the Maeander river under Gallienus.Ģ022, June 15: The siliqua denomination in the fourth century.Ģ022, April 13: A page with the Consumer Price Index and the multiple by which prices have gone up (in US dollars) since any year in the past back to 1970.Ģ022, April 3: Clearer links (under 'Other random pages') to many of my hard-to-find older pages on ancient-coin topics. If you are looking for ancient coins for sale, here is my site, Augustus Coins, and here are links to other sites.) (These are educational pages and nothing here is for sale. Links to web sites that emphasize particular emperors. On the numismatic value of ancient coins.Ībout moving up from 'beginner' to 'intermediate' collector.Īnnotated Roman coin educational links (with some Greek and Byzantine coin links too). Information about rarity and its (lack of) importance for cost (for intermediate collectors). The difference between grade and condition.Ĭommentary on a difference between collecting US and ancient coins. Pages which are especially important for those who have collected US coins:

This coin: A common silver denarius of the Roman emperor Septimus Severus, 193-211 ADĪssociated pages about buying on eBay, about buying, about selling.įor beginners who ask ' What should I collect?' Table of Contents: (Click the images to go to the pages) Ancient Roman and Greek Coins : Educational pages

Roman silver coins for sale