What beach? Where? If you can provide this information it would be very helpful. It is very, very unlikely that a genuine silver "Tribute...
Or maybe to apply the old rubric "'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
Very clever! Is that an original TIF phrase?
This is a stunning coin, and even more to its credit, it appears to have zero tooling and little if any smoothing. I much prefer slightly rough,...
If I recall correctly (I've had a merchant VISA/Mastercard account in my distant past) some merchants are only authorized to charge transactions...
AUGUSTUS AE Sestertius (25.72 g.) Lugdunum circa 9 - 14 A.D. CAESAR AVGVTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE Laureate head of Augustus r. Rev. ROM ET AVG...
I love all these pictures of 12 Caesars sets -- as I've written before, it always seems to me that the whole (set) is much more than the sum of...
Interesting -- I was unaware that AR tets have this high percentage of other metals. I don't remember my chemistry well enough to know what...
I'm a little curious as to how a silver coin can have bronze disease; can you elucidate?
AncientJoe has one in his outstanding Greek collection: http://www.colosseocollection.com/p168103053/h67abd301#h67abd301
I agree the obverse portrait looks more like Vespasian than Vitellius. Unfortunately, I can't be very helpful on provincial coins. However, I'm...
Shhhh... we don't want too many other collectors sharing our addiction... ;-)
I was just about to write exactly the same comment! The detail in the eagle's wings on the reverse make this a very visually appealing coin....
It would be very helpful if you could provide in-focus pictures of these coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I think this is a Roman coin and I don't...
Sort of amusing how the first six Caesars are left-facing, and the second six Caesars are right-facing! Congratulations!
Although I once owned an Alexander III stater, I have just a small amount of knowledge about these coins and cannot really evaluate its...
Clearly, it's not illegal to import ancient Roman coins into the U.S. Many collectors on this site (including me) have bought coins from dealers...
FYI, my VISA card is the "BankAmericard Cash Rewards Visa Signature" card. There is no annual fee, and I get cash back (minimum 1% up to 3%) on...
During my trip to Italy last Fall, I used my Bank of America VISA extensively. They had assured me that there would be no added fee for exchange...
I'm puzzled why you quoted my comment completely out of context. Reread my post and you'll note that I wrote "...you'd be certifiably loony to...
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