My new arrivals from auction included a five coin lot of Republicans which, as expected from lots, included a few coins better and a few worse....
Another new coin from today's haul is a Postumus antoninianus that I did not have. I have a weak spot for Postumus because he is so very...
I'll start off my new arrival marathon with two Romans struck from the worst alloy used for coins: billon. Each of these were made at a time when...
My new coin is not new to you because its previous owner posted it here before we traded. I hope he is happy with the denarius and two bronzes he...
Well no, actually, it was the smallest show I have ever been to. One guy had a couple hundred ancients of which maybe ten would have followed me...
I discover I have more fondness for coins of Magnentius than most of you which led to my buying two AE2's of his in the last CNG Electronic sale....
Years ago when I was very, very specialized in coins of Septimius Severus I bought volume III of Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet...
Another thread here details the AE coins of Sri Lanka so I thought it might be a good time to show another series of bronzes of the same size and...
My collection of Septimius Severus is 90% from the first 10% of his reign. For some time I had one of the two main types of his last coins issued...
Recently we had a thread on fighter hands but this is to show friendly ones. The first coin is the last of my newps from the Robinson sale and...
Tonight's 'new to me' is an AR drachm of the Sasanian king Ardashir III. A grandson of the most common Sasanian ruler Khusru II, the 8 year old...
Frequently here we hear the opinion that more of us would like the larger coins of the Tetrarchy if only they were not all those Genius types. In...
[ATTACH] Actually this is pretty big as little silver goes at 2.01g. The obverse shows a sea monster identified as Ketos. I am unclear if it is...
Those who were here two years ago may recall when I went a bit crazy on the Augustus/Agrippa crocodile coins of Nemausis issued for use by...
I am so very thrilled to get at last something I had wanted and a nice coin all in one neat little plastic package. The coin actually is a very...
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ea7d909fe0fc4c93399d50463&id=f2ba492f07&e=093eb01f70 Some of you may get the weekly email from vCoins with...
Today the local post office announced they were not delivering mail due to the foot of snow that has brought central Virginia to its knees. I...
Perhaps it was the Dodo bird at Juno's feet??? Perhaps it was the young portrait from the first part of the reign? Perhaps it was the clean and...
Today, while most people here were gearing up for tomorrow's foot of snow, my wife and I went to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to see a...
Have you ever noticed that many first century denarii use a T style where the top bar is not one line but two short ones meeting in the middle...
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