I have spent alot of time looking at these - I have not seen so many since Seaby's "Roman Silver Coins" - the Diocletion is amazing - after seeing...
You are right about bronzes but they are also a place to find bargains - although maybe that is illusory since I like them so much - the patina on...
With three children and a wife at home, the only way I could put together a collection was by selling ancients myself. From 2003 to 2009 I had an...
I am going to list my heavier coins here - this is Caracalla, purchased from Berk, from Curtis Clay's wonderful collection posted in two other of...
Interesting - I have always found US nickels to be interesting since older ones are not that hard to find - even ones that go back to the 1950's -...
Is that the display case? So they shove the coins in a big pile? No collector will ever own even one, these will generate little interest - and...
Beautiful coin - I remember in the early 2000's a well known and respected Bulgarian seller wanted $300 each offering six high grade examples of...
I have noticed - although it is difficult to make these generalizations- that for a certain period right after the death of Septimius -sestertii...
Beautiful and you are right - much more rare than Vespasian. Did Domitian ever do a Judea Capta sestertius?
Beautiful coin - love the color of the patina!
Doug Smith has an interesting article on the JQA collection on the Forum web-site
Very nice coins but I do not see the point of slabbing ancients- I have removed many coins from slabs, and have seen MANY where the price of the...
Sorry it took so long to respond but these are impressive! I want to take a closer look tonight. I have never heard of the quincunx - nor that...
About four of five years after after starting my experience with ancient coins, my collecting interest became fixated on large bronzes - imperial...
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