Kindler's plate image is of the typically poor quality found in older texts. Now that I see your image of the coin, I wonder how anyone could have...
The final word (to date) on the coinage of Bostra is Arie Kindler's Coinage of Bostra, published in 1983 by Aris and Phillips. I bought a copy...
Yes, of course. I remember now - I even posted in that thread. Honey, where's my Geritol?
When say #9 was "rescued from the trash" do you mean literally? Was the coin thrown out and recovered?
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No huge deal, but it is fun to find a rare, unlisted in RIC variant. The common mint marks for Licinius in this series have dots, for example...
It underlines the fact that there's so much more of ancient coining that we don't know, as opposed to what we do. A big part of this hobby is...
It's Burien, not Buried, lol. Although I grew up in Seattle, and Burien always did seem a bit buried under Seattle.
That's a very fair summation of the matter. In short, I tend to think of FORVM as a library and CT as a cafe.
Those are damn cool! Thanks for posting!
Very interesting! Are those the only two known examples of the type? Because if a third example were found with non-matching dies, we might...
WOW! What an enviably esoteric bunch of LRB's. Great collecting. My top three were 7, 9, and 10. Looks like 7 is leading the pack, and for good...
Beautiful coins Ray, and I love that virtual Abafil tray.
This is the last day to sign up my friends. Tomorrow I will assign the final round of match-ups.
I've read a few pages so far and it's very well done! I'll read the rest when I get a chance over the weekend. (I found a couple misused words -...
@Spaniard - That looks super Paul! I love the idea of have a little museum display in your office. @DonnaML - I also love your display. That's...
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