The caption on the Pertinax DIVVS denarius calls it a " AR Denarius Aureus." The "aureus" part is out of place. The OP sestertius taken from the...
"23.56 mm" is two decimal places more than necessary. No one cares about that level of precision.
I think many of us who are old have these thoughts. I think we can infer that it would be good to arrange the collection so that whoever inherits...
Hey Andrew, I wish you would work on it. "The perfect is the enemy of the good." I know I'd be interested in what you have to say. You finish and...
This cartoon has some truth to it (as it must, to be funny): [ATTACH] I'm sure that explains a lot about what coins I collect.
The parallel the researcher drew between the cut pieces of silver ("hack silver") and cryptocurrency and bitcoin is a big stretch and silly. A...
On biddr.ch, prebids entered fairly late and live bids at the end take precedence over proxy bids of the same amount (They admit the bidder.ch...
It can't be "21 mm" thick and have that diameter and weight. I wonder if a decimal point for "2.1 mm" is missing?
By the way, here is the "helmeted" variety of Sear 518 for Maurice from Cyzicus: [ATTACH] 30 mm. 12.68 grams. Sear 518. The crest of the...
Some coins of Cyzicus have a cross on the crown. [ATTACH] 28-25 mm. 11.27 grams. Maurice, 582-602, year 7 (588/9) at Cyzicus. ... RIC(?) - TIbER...
I had the Moderna shots and hardly noticed them going in. Really, there was no pain. Save your hated of shots for other shots, some of which do...
As @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix noted, Trajan conquered Dacia. He issued numerous types emphasizing that fact. Here is a website on them:...
I like them all, but the list is deficient! Where is the tetrarchy? This collecting year I love the tetrarchal period (from 284, Diocletian and...
It is Tetricus I, as you thought.
@AncientJoe was waiting for a specific coin, not just a coin type. I haven't had occasion to do that. It would have to be a pretty special coin to...
On many occasions the ancients reformed their coins. The reform of Tiberius II is one you almost never read about, but it must have existed. His...
Among coins with many other themes, I like coins with early Christian symbols. The bold chi-rho makes this is my favorite Delmatius: [ATTACH]...
At least one collector made river gods his collecting theme. The collection was sold by Helios in auction 3, Helios 3, 2009, April 29-30. 482...
This post is intended to point out that two coins in this thread both use the shape "R" for what we normally think of as "B". Doug was writing...
Here is an uncia (if that is the right name for the denomination) of Hadrian: [ATTACH] 10 mm. 1.18 grams. Sear II 3705. "Rome 117-8". RIC 629b...
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