Every once in a while, souvenir Roman coins from the town of Bath turn up on eBay. I've bought a couple, and they've been pretty nice (and...
I recently picked up a beat-up sestertius of Faustina II with the FECVNDITA reverse and (only) one baby. While trying to attribute it, I came...
Because of an interesting portrait, I bought this damaged, largish Roman Provincial. I figured I'd be able to attribute it, but I am stumped....
Over the past few months I have been trying to range further afield in my collecting, buying small, cheap Roman Provincials and Greek bronzes, not...
I was wondering if any Byzantine experts out there could help me with this. I recently got this Byzantine 12 nummi, the seller describing it as...
Rummaged through the local dealer's junk bins today and found a pretty interesting, if a bit cruddy, small AE from Macedon, Alexander the Great's...
A couple years ago when I first started in on Byzantine coins, I read our local library's copy of Byzantine Coins by P.D. Whitting. There I found...
My local coin dealer has gotten a bit behind in his inventory, so he has been tossing coins in various drawers priced $12 to $0.50. A couple days...
I'm constantly on the hunt for Marsyas, trying to expand beyond the RR denarius of Censorinus I already have (one of these is my avatar). Some of...
I am still quite new at Roman Provincials, and am at the bottom of a long learning curve. Just got this one, an Augustus from Philippi (maybe)....
Found this book cheap at the local public library de-accession shelf. A popular history book Emperors of Rome by David Potter (a University of...
While rummaging through some old files today, I found a pre-Internet (for many of us) price list from 1997 with a "your choice" Roman Large Bronze...
I am still feeling my way with Roman Provincials - a fun process, but very confusing sometimes. Recently I got this AE Nicopolis ad Istrum with...
I recently picked up a lot of four oddballs on eBay for $0.99 - the seller's photo was a bit dark, but what looked like an as from Hadrian seemed...
I recently got a batch of four Roman bronzes for $0.99 which are better than you might expect, but no beauties for sure. Attributions have been...
My collecting "goals" are nonexistent, for the most part. I just look for things I want and can afford on eBay. Of course I'd like a bunch of...
Got this off eBay in a buy-it-now auction. Seller didn't seem to deal in many ancients and let it go pretty cheap. He shipped fast, and to my...
I got this the other day from eBay, pretty cheap ($10.50), knowing it had some problems. The ARAB ADIAB reverse made it worth a gamble, because...
My lack of RIC might be showing again. I got this very ratty as of Marcus Aurelius on eBay for $0.99 - I actually like the portrait quite a lot,...
So I had a mediocre day at work today, at best, so I accidentally stopped at one of my favorite watering holes to take the edge off. After taking...
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