[ATTACH] Sweet gold. My proposal for the next reorganization.
Nice one. However, I suspect there was some heavy drinking going on during the minting of L. Aemilius L. Paulus' coins, as so many of them are...
I like the Julia Domna! The other is Salonina with the royal couple sacrificing on the reverse? That's a nice one too. And "interesting" tends to...
As for "uncleaned" coins, I have long found that the best uncleaned coins are those that you buy at cheap auctions like savoca, concordia,...
I would recommend Lighthouse Quadrum capsules, if you want an alternative to the flips: https://www.leuchtturm.com/square-coin-capsules-quadrum.html
It's always a gift to come across one of Jochens mythological posts. Thank you @Jochen1 ! As I have no coins depicting Shamash (at least to my...
My coin buying the later years have typically been 40-60 cheap coins in low grades or very common coins, plus a "top ten" of more expensive ones....
I don't have any related coins, but I find a relation to modern times in Palestine, where the leaders of the Palestinian Liberation Organization...
I will miss Mr. Cheesemans posts here too. May he rest in peace.
Thank you all for showing your Caesar portraits! I really find the imperatorial period interesting. Will probably focus more on that area in the...
That's the fun about collecting. Honing and building the collection:)
Not owning one of these has been a constant headache for years. Or a coinache, rather. I have been bidding on some recently, and today one of my...
Happy new year to everybody! My resolution is to buy fewer but better coins, and be a little more active on cointalk.
One thing I'm curious about is if this is pre strike (error) or post strike (damage). Are you able to see that from how the rim and strike look?
Great haul from 2023, @The Meat man. Nice to get those two coins with such an interesting provenance!
My favorite is the knowledge behind your collecting. Second favorite is the Ghaznavids, Mahmud (998-1030) dirham.
I like the coin, my lord. The portrait style, strike, centering and patina all look good. The rim ding is (to me) an acceptable problem for an...
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If you're in the US, I think you should buy from Victors store on Vcoins when looking for coins from this era. Fairly priced, and a very competent...
The coin looks like a genuine coin from Nero, grade VF. It's the most common Nero denarius, and my avatar has the same Salus reverse. Congrats...
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