Danke schön, Jochen! Ευχαριστω πολυ, RomanCollector! Excellent write-ups, they cleared up my confusion about this θεα
There are many interesting Valerianus provincials available at affordable prices. The craftmanship often leaves a bit to be desired. This celator...
No way! What? Was the coin that clean when you found it?
Coming late to the party. Here’s the coin from the OP together with its elder and slightly bigger brother. I love the propaganda and the globes....
@Ken Dorney, do you think your coin was smoothed? The fields have very ‘clean’ surfaces. The deposits in the lettering are likely to have cocered...
And here’s a coin with mottled patina. I love the patina, it’s better in hand. I would not mind at all to have a lot of sestertii just like this...
That is certainly a very special coin that I am familiar with. Funny thing is that nowadays when I brose a catalogue and see this type, my mind...
Here’s an owl from my collection. While not superb, I grade the coin “Very Enjoyable”. Pontos, Amisos, 435-370bc, siglos, 5.58g. Persic standard....
Way to start the XII Caesares!
Wow, spectacular coin. It’s like owning a well made and preserved greek sculpture What’s between Ajax’ legs? I mean on the ground.
+1 on that. Augustus: “Quintili Vare, legiones redde!” Did anybody address the emperor like that in direct speech? Plinius the Younger called...
#8 is my favorite. I love the “hair bunch” coiffure.
Felix annus novus MMXIX! The patina on the Traianus is superb.
Hard to break it down according to the poll choices. I like: River gods (they come in greek, imp, prov) Serpientes emplumadas (rep, pov) Homonoia...
A few coin-talkers showed coins from the D. Thomas collection. They all seem to come from Agora Auctions. Does anybody have any info about this...
Terrible news. Got my 4 coins from Leu6 yesterday. It took about a week for them to ship my coins after I had paid. So, i’m counting my blessing...
Great selection! +1 on the Nerva The virgo lactans is stunning, the reverse is particularly nice. Wonderful job saving it. Do you have a picture...
Same story here. Swiss auction house, item got stuck in NY "inbound out of customs" on July 6th. I waited for 6 weeks then asked the auction house...
Look at that! My avatar is also a wildman. My first ancient purchase after a long hiatus was also a Thessaly (Larissa) bull wrestler from cng ex...
Hundreds (centinaia). But not all of them had been extracted at the time the article was written.
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