@Sulla80 Congratulations on an epic top 10 this year. All coins are wonderful, but I voted for the Flavian denarius, the Augustus with river god,...
Does anyone know, what was the earliest ancient coin to depict an elephant? What about the last depiction of an elephant on a coin from antiquity?...
Here's the crack-out coin. [ATTACH] Septimius Severus. AR denarius, Emesa, 194–5 CE; 19mm, 3.40g, 11h. BMCRE W380–2, 384–6, RIC 411a, RSC 330....
I've been wondering who "AK" is because I often see coins with that provenance. I'm sorry that it isn't you because it would solve the mystery.
Hi Doug, thanks you are correct of course. I'll post photos of both sides maybe tonight or tomorrow with description.
I would leave modern coins in slabs. One of the charms of collecting ancient coins is their irregularity. Slabs tend to hide and obscure that...
When I take photos I'll post them here. Maybe tonight or tomorrow.
This is the cleanest crack-out I've ever done. The slab just split apart, no shards or pieces. [ATTACH]
Great coins on this thread @DonnaML! I'm posting late but I have a few to share. It looks to me that by the third century, Roman artists had seen...
Great stuff on this thread @Roman Collector. I'm loving the Liberalitas. Here are three Severan denarii minted in the East from my collection, one...
It's okay to ask dealers but you'll probably won't get you very far. Responses such as, "the identity of the client is confidential," or "the coin...
I just found another one of my coins illustrating an article for Coin Week. I guess my coins are on a "roll." Here's a link to the article,...
Thanks! You've got some amazing coins. I would be excited if I knew one of my coins was used as the cover image for a book, especially a book...
That is random! But yours is a great representative example of this type with excellent detail and style, so it's probably less random than it seems.
Thanks! What's kind of strange to me is that I noticed it instantly. I have quite a few denarii of Septimius Severus, but I recognized it like a...
I was browsing the most recent edition of Coin World magazine and came across a photo of one of my coins used to illustrate an article titled...
I had a similar experience with a well-established European auction house who I won't name (although I'm not really sure that I should feel the...
Wonderful coin! This type has been on my want list for a long time. One of the things I look for is that the various animals are well defined, as...
Yes, of course. Now I remember that they did offer that. But yes it's too steep for the amount I paid for the coin.
I bought a coin from Solidus paid for on June 2nd. I never received it, emailed them at the end of July. They told me they would be begin...
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