Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine...
The Rulers of the Roman Empire From Augustus to Leontius Imperial Rome Dates Ruler 31BC-14 Augustus 14-37 Tiberius 37-41 Gaius (Caligula) 41-54 Claudius ...
Welcome to the fascinating world of Uncleaned Ancient Coins! We have designed one of the most comprehensive guides on the net for cleaning uncleaned ancient coins. These are have been rigorously tried and...
1780 Maria Theresa (Theresia) Thaler First Things First The first thing to note about these coins is that they were not struck in 1780, but have been issued ever since, as an official restrike by the Austrian...
Ancient Coins - Glossary of Terms AE: Used to indicate a bronze coin; used in describing ancient coins made from copper, bronze, or orichalcum Roman type of brass, yellowish in colour. AE1 thru AE4: The...
The authenticity of an individual artifact is determined by a number of factors: Source: The original source of the artifact is of primary importance and can tell you a great deal about the age, and...
I love collecting ancient coins, but some people have some strange ideas about them. Here are a few I've encountered over the years:Myth #1: Ancient coins are all extremely rare, and all the real ones are in...
Numismatics is one of the oldest hobbies in the world and one which is gaining new converts each year. There is also evidence to suggest that ancient Roman rulers collected coins of the classic Greek period,...
The societies of Ancient Greece and Rome present a microcsm of all human experience, and the coins of these cultures are a direct link to the people that creat them. The history of ancient Greece Rome...
Introduction This is a very interesting and unfortunately, a very difficult question to answer. Unlike other numismatic areas, ancient numismatics has a diverse range of coins from a diverse range of cultures...