Here are my write-up and attempt to photograph my new Hadrian Travel Series denarius that recently arrived from Akropolis Ancient Coins (run by...
Trajan AR Denarius, 106 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TRP COS V P P / Rev. Captive Dacian in peaked cap...
Congratulations and the best of luck to you, @hotwheelsearl! No Internet access for 9 weeks? Wow. I think I understand the reasons, but are you...
I think it's a beautiful coin, even though I have no personal interest in collecting gold (or any other) coins from that late -- past the point...
All outstanding, but I especially like the Hosidius Geta: a great boar (and hound), and a terrific portrait of Diana.
Saloninus Caesar (son of Gallienus), Billon Antoninianus, 258-260 AD, Cologne Mint. Obv. Radiate draped bust right, SALON VALERIANVS CAES/ Rev....
I hesitated to like this, for fear of your thinking of me as a frivolous person. But I did so anyway, solely in order to express my scholarly...
12 hr. rule. Next: Bust of Helios, not from Rhodes/Islands off Caria. Like this one, the first of my NYINC acquisitions I've had a chance to write...
Poor little thing. Glad he's home, though, and I hope he eats up and stays out of the hospital!
A coin on which the female gender of Virtus when she herself is portrayed -- as opposed to an emperor or Mars manifesting her qualities of courage...
Whoever told you that was either wrong or speaking very imprecisely. If such a charge is imposed by customs (rather than Fedex or DHL themselves),...
Also, here's my faience amulet of the Eye of Horus (Uzat Eye), green with brown relief, dating to the 26th Dynasty, ca. 525 BCE. I purchased it on...
Does anyone know what the small symbols to the left of the fasces on the reverse of the 1792 Ecu symbolize? On my coin, the symbol resembles a...
I'm so very sorry, @bcuda, about your own complications from the spider bite, your stepmother's sudden passing and the effect on your father, and...
Who refunded -- the credit card company, Fedex, or Roma itself via their insurance?
I get it. It's just that whereas sculpture and painting may be several steps from realistic portraiture on circulating coinage, medallic...
Little dinosaur!
By the way, I thought I should give an update and report that the hard drive enclosure I ordered worked fine (once I ordered the necessary USB 3.0...
Also, I noticed that Roma accepts credit cards only for orders under 2,500 GBP. Above that amount, it seems wire transfers are the only option....
Yes, I did enjoy it! I wrote about my experience at some length in the NYINC thread in the Ancients Forum.
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