The AncientCoinMarket

The Circus Comes To Town

Caesar — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:52:34 +0000

ACCG Benefit Auction Opens

Caesar — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:44:01 +0000

Right now, go to this link, bring your checkbook, and get ready to bid on some fantastic coins that are up for auction to benefit The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild. The Guild is an advocacy group created to insure that your right to collect ancient coins hangs around for the next generation. That right is [...]

New Ancient Coin Podcast

Caesar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:38:41 +0000

For a while now, I’ve wanted to do a short podcast that showcases a few of the hundreds of ancient coins available for sale around the Internet. With so many coins coins available for sale at any given time, listeners might find it fun (and useful) to have one man’s opinion. The best way to [...]

A Collection of One

Caesar — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:19:57 +0000

Last month in my column in Coin World Magazine, I discussed what I might choose if I could only have one coin in my collection. Think about that folks–one coin. The column drew quite a lot of mail from folks; it seems to have captured your imaginations. I thought I’d take some blog space to further discuss [...]

Beginner’s Guide to Ancients

Caesar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:54:37 +0000

Looking for an affordable beginner’s guide to collecting ancients? Well, if I might be allowed to brag, I wrote one many years ago and have sold hundreds of copies to satisfied customers! PIECES OF TIME: Collector’s Questions About Collecting Ancient Greek, Roman & Byzantine Coins was originally published in booklet form. CNG originally purchased hundreds [...]

The Hilarity of Amazon Content Links

Caesar — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:14:48 +0000

As you know, the costs of hosting ACM year after year are deferred by sales through Amazon.Com. And I appreciate it! Recently I turned on the “content links” feature for the new ACM website. This tells Amazon to crawl the content and insert product links around words that might be of interest to readers. Sometimes it [...]

ACCG Benefit Auction

Caesar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:42:23 +0000

ACCG Benefit Auction wayne@ancientcoins.ac wgsant An Ancient Coin Collectors Guild benefit auction is currently being organized to raise funds for anticipated legal expenses in opposition to State Department imposed import restrictions on ancient coins. The online sale, closing on August 17, 2008, will be hosted on the Vauction site as a fund raiser for anticipated legal expenses. Individuals wishing to [...]

The Incredible Shrinking Numismatic World

Caesar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:26:43 +0000

The Incredible Shrinking Numismatic World By Thom Bray & Kevin Barry (Originally published in 2003 in The Celator magazine.) If the above headline seems a bit like the title of a 1950’s science fiction movie, our apologies, dear readers. But it certainly is true that the internet has made it easier than any one of us could have ever imagined [...]

The Moneta 12

Caesar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:07:12 +0000

The Moneta 12 By Thom Bray and Kevin Barry c 2001 (Editor’s Note: The prices reflected in this article were market prices as of 2001.) Lists. You gotta love them. Especially if you’re a collector. Part of the collecting “psychology” is the thrill of the hunt and the thrill of completion. (Remember the checklists [...]

Constantinian Mint Marks

Caesar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:18:34 +0000

An Ancient Coin University Article Lovely coin of Constantine with mint mark PLN, which is LONDON (Courtesy CNG) Mint Marks From The Age of Constantine: Introduction Coins from The Age of Constantine are some of the most collected coins in numismatics; they are plentiful, they are affordable, and because of the many mints at which they [...]