[ATTACH] Pamphylia, Aspendos. AR Stater, Circa 380-330 BC. Obverse: Two nude wrestlers, standing and grappling with each other; between them,...
VESPASIAN AD 69-79. Silver Denarius Obverse: IMP.CAES. VESP. AVG.P.M.COS IIII, His laureated head right. Reverse:CONCORDIA AVGVSTI,...
Glad to see there was a coin for you in 2021, Doug. Congrats! I don’t have any double struck AEs of Postumus to contribute with. (In fact I don’t...
That is one great aquisition, Limes. Congratulations! My vote is on Mars. Here is the typical depiction of Virtus: [ATTACH] Looking at that...
The early settlers of Iceland came from my area; the west coast of Norway. I asked one of the local archeaologists here if he knew if there were...
[ATTACH] I actually managed to pick up a well used hyperpyron from John III today, and that made this thread all the more enjoyable.
I wish I could see that exhibition. Thanks for showing us some of it, Old Man:) Hopefully it will inspire you to build a real 12 Caesars set! I am...
I hope you got the coin. Watching the auction, it was one of the few lots that I felt went for an ok price. The price levels on most others were...
Nice write up and great site, @Valentinian I have had a tendency towards budget coins when buying Byzantine. Here’s my Constantine VII:...
Same here! Also Trajan. But as you say, it’s too much of a limit. A part of my collection is organized as «Roman types», with different type...
W...w..wait, WHAT? So everyone doesn’t tear open their shipments on the way from the mail box to the door??? Just kidding:) Coingrats, @savitale...
What Cucumbor said. Perhaps a set of books about ancient coins would fit into the collection too? That way you would easily be able to find out...
I certainly agree that «camp gates happen».... The Galerius argentus from Nicomedia has the most rows among mine, and is on par with Victor with...
I have been to Split and the palace too, and it was a great place to go on vacation! I have to admit that I looked hard at some of the piles of...
No Eirik Bloodaxe pennies. 3 Norwegian collectors giving a sigh of relief:)
Good one to start with! Welcome. Have you given any thought to what and how you want to collect?
My photos are generally not very interesting; auction photo type shots that range from «meh» to «decent». Those that are on the decent side are...
It doesn’t look like bronze disease, but this powdery patina may develop into it. (?) I use distilled water, then baking the coin in the over, and...
Last year I favored the Julio-Claudian era. This year the Tetrarchy and the transition to the Byzantine era has been more interesting. I find...
Is it possible that the original coin was an early Islamic fals, like this one? [ATTACH] They had all kinds of weird gibberish inscriptions,...
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