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 Empire....
Developing an Ancient Coin and Antiquities business on eBay is easy, low cost and lots of fun if you enjoy ancient history, or at least have an interest.Research The very first thing you should do is watch the...
As someone who has collected ancient coins for almost 20 years and who occasionally buys and sells them on eBay, I get the distinct impression that many people come to this fascinating hobby for the first time...
This is a brief and rather simplified guide to the weights of authentic examples of some of the ancient coin types which are popular with collectors, fakes of which, in my opinion, you are quite likely to...
The Care and Preservation of Antiquities Antiquities by definition have been around much longer than those of us who are currently privileged to own them. In fact many antiquities available on eBay today are...
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 54-68 Nero 68-69 Galba 69 Otho 69 ...
As a roman blind maker I often get asked how to measure accurately for a roman blind- as buying directly from ebay means you miss out on the service of having someone do it for you! So here is a basic run...
Reference Chronology of the Bible Note: B.C.=B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and A.D.=C.E. (Common Era)Basic Dates (first four are very “approximate”) 4000 B.C.E.Adam and Eve [Masoretic text tradition]1900...
There are a great many books published on Roman Coins in different languages and price points. A good place to start is two books by Richard Plant. These are contain many line drawings, and should help you on...