Mauseus

This as of Septimius Severus from my collection is not all it may first appear. It is an ancient cast copy, weighing in at 4.3 grammes, comp...

In the late 10 th century the Byzantine rulers embarked on a bronze coinage devoid of the emperor’s  name. Theses may be divided into 11 cl...

  Not particularly well preserved this bronze coin originates from Gortyna on the Greek island of Crete. With a diameter of 18mm this bronze...

  I was first alerted to the coinage of the Roman General Aureolus when I was given Clive Foss’ book, Roman Historical Coins, as a Christm...

 Writing up the description of a coin the other evening I realised that I did not know how the Antioch mint coins of Claudius II were arrang...

Why is it that most of the old metal Scrabble tiles I come across are for the letter N? Only joking! I’ve just taken possession of another...

Towards the end of 2020 I was able to acquire a coin type that had been on my wish list for a long time but had always been out of reach, ...