I couldn't agree more! All of my favorites are coins I doddid know I wanted. Sadly I have no coins to contribute to this thread.
Cool thread so far, looking forward to see how it goes. I believe my contributions will be small bit here's an Augustus: [IMG] Caesar Augustus,...
Here's a little owl...sadly it's not all on the flan: [IMG] Thessalian League, 2nd-1st BC AE, trichalkon, 20mm, 5.3g; 12h Obv.: Laureate head of...
Oh wow, that's cool and really interesting.
For sure a F-15, their first flight being 1972. Interesting aside, Chanute closed their runway by 1971 and it wasn't until 1978 when they began...
Does this count? [IMG] Carthaginians in Hispania AE 1/4 Calco, 1.5g, 13mm; mobile military mint, 218-208 BC. Obv.: Wreathed head of Tanit left....
@longnine009 So here's my trio from Chanute Air Force Base (I'm pretty sure you've seen them before): [ATTACH] Chanute AFB, IL, $1.00; antiqued...
Ya , that's a tough one to classify, and I have a few from Chanute AFB that fall into the same grey area. I'm on my phone right now but will post...
Very cool tiny owl!
Thanks for the reply @Andres2 . When I read clipped I thought of modern coins exhibiting these types of errors: [IMG] I have normally, or...
I don't think there's anything else to say about it: Maybe if you're unwilling to relay the above message, tell your friend that some people on...
I think it's very useful in general to be able to look at and attempt to "interpret" a coin photo, like TIF pointed out. Shopping on eBay is...
Love your write up @Pathicus. I have never spent much time studying the other empires/cultures that clashed with Rome, and I'm going to...
Very nice Sallent!
Beautiful capture and interesting write up! I have no Seleucid eagles to share however.
Yes! Most of the coins I've been after are provincials...about a third of the coins I've purchased over the last two years have been provincial....
Priapus is a male fertility god depicted with a large phallus.
Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you my recent purchase from our own Ken Dorney, a provincial...or is it more correct to say...
Sounds like an interesting run and for a good cause. Just the other weekend I participated in a small 5k run to help raise funds for fallen bomb...
Separate names with a comma.