20230830

IRELAND Fifty Years in the EU Commemorative 1973-2023

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 2 Euros, 2023 mintage 500,000                                         Irish, American and EU Flags in Aghadoe Co. Kerry,  May 2023
20230828

ROMAN EGYPT/Hadrian CE 117-138 Ex: ETB and Dattari Collections, RPC Plate Coin

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Bi Tetradrachm, 14.28 g, 23 mm, 12h, Alexandria mint RY 5=CE 121-122 RPC III online 5256/20 (this coin) Dattari-Savio Plate 61, 1320 (this c...
20230720

GREEK/Seleukid; Seleukos II BCE 246-226

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AE 17 mm, 4.92 g, 12h, Sardis mint before the revolt of Hierax SC 660.2 var. unlisted control marks pairing. Primary control of 660.2 on l...
20230714

ISLAMIC/Samanid; Nasr II b. Ahmad CE 914-943/ AH 301-331

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  AE Fals; 24 mm, 2.19 g, Bukhara mint AH 308/CE 920-921 Album 1452 O: Shahada in center, around     بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس ببخارا سنة ث...
20230705

British Colonial Ireland & America; Wood's Half Penny, 1723

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AE Half Penny; 26mm; 6h, 7.63 g.  KM 117 Breen 157 SCBC 6601 O: laur bust of George I r, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX R: Hibernia with Harp seate...
20230609

ROMAN/Gratian CE 367-383

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  AE 4, 14 mm, 1.17 g, 12h, Cyzicus mint c. CE 383 RIC 22a RCV 20161 O: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG diad draped cuir bust r. R: VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in e...
20230603

A visit to Ireland

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 2016 €2 Commemorative of the 1916 Easter Rising obtained in change, and was the only commemorative, other than a 2007 Austrian €2 commemora...

GREEK/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-145

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AR Drachm; 17.4mm, 4.08g, Ecbatana mint c. BCE 150-148/7 SC 1871 (R2) O: diad portrait of Balas r. R: Apollo seated on omphalos; [ BAΣ...

Hephthalite c. 6th to 7th Century CE

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  AR drachm, 27 mm, 2.86 g., North Tokharistan Göbl 82a (countermark 82a) Zeno type 28789 Type of Peroz CE 457/9-484 Countermark on ...
20230501

GALLIC ROMAN EMPIRE/Three Antoniniani of Postumus CE 259-268

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Bi Antoninianus; 22 x 24 mm, 4.53 g, 6h, Cologne mint CE 260-265 RSC 91 RCV 10944 O IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG, rad cuir draped bust r. R: HERC D...
20230427

ROMAN/Geta, as Augustus CE 209-211

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  AR Denarius; 2.96 g, 18 mm, 12h, Roma mint, CE 210 RSC 219 RCV 7254 O: laur bearded bust r  P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT R: Victory stg l hol...
20230412

ROMAN/ Julian II CE 360-363

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AE Maiorina (28 mm, 8.0 g, 12h) Aquileia mint c. CE 362-363 RIC 243 O: diad cuir draped bust r DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG R: Bull stg r...
20230321

USA Buffalo Nickel 1913-1938

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1936; 21.2 mm, 5 g, Philadelphia mint. mintage 119m KM 134 This example was found in change, and had likely been a coin that had been remove...
20230316

New York Prosecutor to Press Charges Against owner of Roma Numismatics - CoinsWeekly

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  New York Prosecutor to Press Charges Against Richard Beale / Roma Numismatics - CoinsWeekly One of the World’s Most Expensive Coins Was So...
20230312

ROMAN/Licinius CE 308-324

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  AE Follis; 29 mm, 3.13 g, 6h, Thessalonika mint, CE 312-313 RCV 15251 O: laur., cuir. draped bust r, IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG R: Jupiter st...
20230309

ROMAN EGYPT/Constantius I, as Caesar CE 293-296

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Potin Tetradrachm; 20 mm, 7.44 g, 1h, Alexandria mint, Regnal Year 2= CE 293-294 Dattari (Savio) 6044 Emmett 4184.2 O: laur draped cui...

ROMANIA; Mihai (1921-2017) CE 1927-1930 & 1940-1947

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Nickel clad steel, 100 Lei, 28 mm, 8.46 g, mintage 21,289,000 KM 64 O: hd r, MIHAI REGELE ROMANILOR R: crown divides wreath with date and va...
20230217

ROMAN/ Issues of Constantine I in commemoration of the founding of Constantinople CE 330-337

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Bi reduced Centenionalis; 16 mm, 2.32 g, 5h, Treveri mint CE 333-334 RCV 16446 O: helmeted bust of Constantinopolis l, [CONSTAN]TINOPOLI...