Ancient Roman and Greek Coins
    Answers to frequently asked questions
           (FAQ, mostly for beginners)
       associated pages about buying on eBay and buying
       about selling
       about moving up from "beginner" to "intermediate" collector
          (including book recommendations)
       Annotated Roman coin educational links (with some Greek coin links too)
       information about rarity and its importance for cost (for intermediate collectors)
       information about avoiding fakes
    [The coin to the right is a common silver denarius of Roman emperor Septimus Severus, 193-211 AD, with diameter 19 mm.]

Guide to Late Roman AE Coin Types, AD 364-450
    A complete list of types of emperors Valentinian I through Theodosius II and Valentinian III
     A resource for collectors of Late Roman AE coins.

Ancient Imitations of Roman Coins
    An educational site about genuinely ancient coins that were imitations or counterfeits in their day.

Ancient Coin Auction Catalogs: Contents
    An educational site for ancient coin collectors about sale catalogs.
    A related site where catalogs are grouped by collecting theme.

Byzantine Coins of Cherson (Kherson)
   The unusual Byzantine types from the city of Cherson in the Crimea in Ukraine. A resource for collectors.

The Tripolis mint of late third century AD Rome
     An illustrated list of all the coin types of the Tripolis mint. An educational resource for collectors.

Constantine as Caesar and as FIL AVG (A.D. 306-310)
    An illustrated article on the the Roman rulers and their mints from 306-310 when Constantine was awarded the unusual title "Filius Augusti".

The unusual "quarter-follis" denomination struck 305-306 AD under the tetrarchy
     An illustrated list of all the varieties. An educational resource for collectors.

Officina Marks of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian at Siscia (289-290 AD)
    The unique use of the Jovian and Herculian titles to indicate officina numbers

Officina Numbers on Late Roman Coins
    The unusual use of officina numbers spelled out on issues of Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian.

Vetranio, Roman emperor in AD 350: His six AE coin types.
    The Roman emperor Vetranio ruled in the Balkans for ten months in AD 350. His AE coin types are listed and illustrated here.

Other themes of interest, including one emperor who issued coins from one mint with five distinctly different mintmarks, on pages here

CONSTANTINOPOLIS: Roman coins commemorating the founding of Constantinople under Constantine.
    A short article here.

Geta, his portraits, 198-212 AD. Geta's portraits change as he ages from nine to twenty-two.