One period of history in which I have become particularly interested is the Napoleonic era. I began by reading Andrew Roberts' excellent biography...
These types are usually very consistent in weight (around 17.2 grams.) This one is unusually light and the surfaces look odd to me. But I don't...
Nice! Here's my gold fanam: [ATTACH] INDIA, MYSORE Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799 AV Fanam (6.65mm, 0.35g, 12h) Dated AH 1199 (AD 1785.) Patan mint...
Nothing super special, just a nice crisp Gallienus antoninianus from Antioch, which also happens to be a somewhat less-common type depicting the...
Ancient coin collecting doesn't have to be expensive! Nicely toned Classical Greek silver, ex BCD Collection, for $80: [ATTACH] THESSALY,...
@Blake Davis Thanks! Valerian issued a type showing Vulcan inside a shrine with his hammer and tongs. It's a smaller, less detailed depiction of...
Here's an interesting new addition! [ATTACH] CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS, AD 268-270 BI Antoninianus (20.87mm, 4.33g, 12h) Struck early-mid AD 270....
Coinage in the Roman Economy by Kenneth W. Harl is a great source for this kind of information.
Here is one of my latest ancients, an auction win that turned out to be a major rarity! [ATTACH] MARCUS AURELIUS as Caesar, AD 139-161 AE...
Whoa! @cmezner - congratulations on such a fantastic acquisition! That is a rare and expensive type, very hard to find! And it happens to be my...
Wow! That's an amazing job! Well done!
Very cool!
That's a really cool overstrike!
Wow, you're going out of 2024 in style! That is a marvelous portrait of Septimius Severus. And the other coins are superb as well. Couldn't ask...
Very sad news! My sincere condolences to his family and friends. I did not know him beyond the Forums, but his contributions there were invariably...
Sure, glad to help out. As far as a possible date for your specimen, I can't say for sure and I don't know if anyone else could beyond a guess....
It's important to know diameter and weight when considering questions of identity or authenticity. That said, this certainly looks like a cast...
I've also got a soft spot for C-C-Claudius, ever since reading Robert Graves' novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God years ago. Accordingly, I've...
Here is a fun one: a sestertius of Vespasian which was misidentified by the dealer as a COS III issue when it is actually COS VI (as you can see...
Here is a new one I got recently: [ATTACH] PISIDIA, ANTIOCH Time of Antoninus Pius AE (14.26mm, 1.30g, 6h) Struck AD 138-161 Obverse: ANTIOCH,...
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