No Julia Paula for me. Missed one in a recent auction, the coin was from Troas, Alexandria with the classic reverse with the horse. My budget was...
Congratulations! The only Nerva I have in my collection is a quadrans, modius on obverse, winged caduceus on the reverse (or the other way...
Even if Trajan wasn't eternal, Rome is. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next - same reverse from a different ruler.
Mr Blake - I wish you all the best, stay optimistic and may we all post here in 2045.
I do not have a Paullus coin but I will post my only (so far) republican coin [ATTACH] -Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus 88 BC. Rome Quinarius AR...
My first Soli Invicto Comiti [ATTACH] RIC VII Arles 56 A little bonus - a coin from Constantine Jr also with Sol. [ATTACH] RIC VII Arelate 157...
I mentioned that I know it's not a contest with prizes and also I wrote a few times that the rarity/monetary value of a coin is not the biggest...
Other members wrote here their ideas, and I agree completely. Price for a coin is exactly the price you paid. Or the price that was paid by a...
I hope coins with no huge market value will be accepted in the "contest" - I am joking, I know this is not a contest at all. I haven't decided on...
I have started collecting ancient coins about 2 months ago. Somehow organized, with some clear goals. I had some (about 15) but nothing...
Everytime I buy a coin it has to tick some boxes. I don't care that much is the coin is rare, it needs to fill a gap. This is why I don't think...
If I want to approximate (key word) the price for a coin I'm interested in, I am just looking for it in different past auctions, as recent as...
A coin that ticked some important boxes for me, in fact the one that made me switch completely to ancients: [ATTACH] RIC II, Part 1 (second...
You will not find two identical 4th century coins, even two coins from the same mint can be very different in appearance, shape. This is one of...
The owner on of the place can extend the idea, perhaps adding a smaller tent and call it "She Wolf Kindergarten Small Barbarous" for small...
Really have no clear idea. [ATTACH]
Good. Reminds me of my first lots of denarii (4 coins and 8 coins). I was also pleased that I got them below my expectation price.
Thank you very much for your time, I'm also going on the provincial route, even if the rest of 12 coins from that lot were all RIC.
Sorry for the (partial) offtopic but I think your thread is helping me in identifying a coin I have [ATTACH] I keep trying to attribute it and I...
I am not even sure if it is Commodus unfortunately. Suspect it's him from the portrait but... It was from a lot of worn coins I bought. All of...
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