Been nearly 30 years for them as well... and they were never called the St. Pats!
The founding of Constantinople and its commemorative coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html
Very nice! I like the portrait ...and Sol almost looks like a shadow of himself on that reverse... [ATTACH] Here is a large Justinian I recently...
My mother and father are from Dublin... moved to Canada after their marriage in 1963. They also named me "Sean" - so they saw something in...
Here is my favorite... the fish eye and lips, the crazy moustache.. this really is one of my favorite busts. So horrifying - yet so awesome!...
Can see that for sure ... The original Bull looks quite a bit better in hand than in that photo - my photography is terrible. It certainly is...
Early on in my collecting days (which is only about 3 years ago) I picked up these two coins of Julian II. The first from a pick bin at a small...
Spectacular!!
Fast forward to the year 2035.. I post a thread complaining that "the drone delivering my coin was delayed by 18 minutes. Unacceptable!!" .... 4th...
Well I am in awe of your collection - so fantastic!! Thank you for posting!!! I am so VERY happy to have recently added a coin of Mark Antony to...
I did the same recently... I did not have any auction house references so I just listed the VCoins dealers I had purchased from prior... it went...
No... not even close really. I am not sure when the eagle was first depicted on a coin - but here is my earliest - which was struck over 500 years...
Looks nice! I find the Renwax really pulls out the detail on some coins - especially those with a dry, chalky type of patina. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well - that was certainly a rabbit hole of awesomeness... you certainly are an expert and wonderful collector of this era. That collection is so...
5mm?? When it arrives I would love to see a pic of this coin beside some of your larger coins. 850 Euro? Over double estimate - while perhaps...
Too rough for many collectors - but this is really one of my favorite sestertii.. large chunk of brass that feels great in hand... I really like...
Very interesting coin - happy you acquired it! Would love to see a post showing the whole collection...
A recent addition that is on the rough side.... [ATTACH] MARCUS ANTONIUS (Marc Antony) AR silver Triumvirate issue denarius. CAESAR IMP PONT III...
Beautiful example! I picked up mine at the turn of the year.. I also had to sell some stuff to afford it. [ATTACH]
Very nice coin ... Here is a picture of the base of the Column of Antonius Pius at the Vatican (wikipedia): [ATTACH] here is my rough...
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