Nice purchases, ff2. That Postumus portrait was worth $30 alone, and I really like the colors on the Maurice Tiberius follis.
This "trophy" just came in the mail yesterday, from a lot of seven ex-Littleton Coin ancients. I have quite a few ex-Littletons - I think they...
Nice additions to your collection, AC. When I first started collecting ancients a long time ago, Roman Republican stuff was my main focus....
Bargain indeed! Here's an Amphipolis with Zeus obverse from CNG - sold for $60. The obverse is pretty decent, but reverse not so much:...
I am resurrecting this thread because like Bing, I too got a couple of goats butting heads and likewise got a little confused while trying to...
Wow, what an impressive work on countermarks! I had no idea this existed. Thank you so much for sharing this.
This one is a tad embarrassing. I bought it from a local dealer as a "denarius." I knew enough about ancients that I really doubted that, but I...
Congrats on the die-match, Donna. I have one die match, thanks to CT member TIF and her famous digital overlays. It matches the British Museum...
Nice additions, Shea19. I have an Antioch "semis" of Nerva. It is horrible-looking, but I got it out of my local dealer's junk box, so it was...
My only Helena's from Siscia too - I think it is the same as Doug's with the double crescent thingee (not a numismatic term) at the end of the...
Likes others have said, if a slabbed coin is worth considerably more than a raw one, I'd leave it in the slab. Then I'd try to resell it for a...
Nice coins everyone, they make me green with envy. Here's a few of my greenest: Antoninus Pius dupondius [ATTACH] Justin II follis [ATTACH]...
Nice coin - the bust is especially expressive. Here's Mars and the corn-ear but with Vespasian facing left. This is the closest thing to a...
Great coins and info in this post. It got me digging around the web today and I found this article on Trajan's Arabian coins that might be...
That is a beautiful coin. Mostly I collect ancients, but this turned my head. I have one coin from Metz. It is ugly, but it has a countermark...
They look good to me, but I've been fooled in the past. Welcome to Coin Talk, by the way. When you post photos, if you hit "full image" your...
Great coin and write-up, Doug. I have a more worn example, with the reverse legend kaput. The portrait and anchor countermark survived the...
Great write-up and nice Cyzicus follis. By coincidence, I just got one in a lot last week - it is pretty rough, but I didn't have one from this...
I too dimly recall reading that the closing of the pagan temples in Constantinian times and later was indeed a very profitable move for the powers...
Thank you for sharing this. You have a most impressive and attractive collection of these. My astragalus knowledge has been increased immensely!...
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