Tiberius, 14-37 A.D. Fouree Denarius, silver plated bronze, dimensions TBA Obv.: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS; Laureate head right. Rev.: PONTIF...
I don't collect these, but this one caught my eye and compared to what sestertii seem to be going for these days, I got it for a song. eBay snack....
So I spent a few hours taking a lot of shots with different lighting and improved the pics of these coins quite a bit. I've always found silver...
I have a handful of new early Nabataeans arriving over the course of the month, so I'll dedicate this thread to them and eventually finish it off...
How's that for exonumia? http://imgur.com/a/v3RIx
Rabbel II Soter (ar-Rabel) was the last of the Nabataean kings, reigning from AD 70 to 106, after which the Nabataean Kingdom was annexed by...
Hey friends, I haven't been around much lately. I've been down with the flu and we've been hit by a few storms. Lost power for three days, kids...
I'm being redundant as I posted dealer images of these a few weeks ago, but we've got a bright sunny day out here in Amish country, so I bundled...
This was suggested by TIF in another thread, so I thought I'd instigate it. Post your favorite one or two coins from every century. Let's start...
Here's a type that I've been hunting since last summer. Although a handful of pieces have come on the market since then, this is the first coin...
You know, like CAC. Except most collectors of ancients don't like slabs, so for your convenience, I'll be marking the coins with an ink stamp. For...
This coin was in a dealer's clearance offerings for half-price, and I believe it was worth the small outlay. The reverse presents Sol in the...
I seem to be collecting some sort of mint set of these. In a thread Martin posted last week, Doug challenged us to come up with a mint set of...
Probably most of us have collected an VRBS ROMA type. Here's my best example, which you've all seen before... [IMG] This morning I won a scarcer...
Huh. Yahoo actually published an article that made me click on it. What's the world coming to?...
No great shakes here - a common coin. I'm sure you all have pockets full of them. But I liked the sharp detail on the reverse, and the glossy dark...
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