He's not all that old! He was 16 when he began working at Seaby's in 1958.
The descriptions and numbering in OCRE are taken directly from RIC. That's what I use it for, not for the illustrations, which not infrequently...
I assume Wildwinds was intended.
So the Roma coin is fake?
If there actually is such a choice, you're obviously correct. My point is simply that not everyone has access to RIC, either through ownership --...
You don't seem to be aware of the major difference between the UK and certain other countries where these issues are concerned.
Do you consider OCRE sufficiently authoritative as second hand information?
So one shouldn't cite RIC unless one owns a complete set of all the volumes?
I believe that's the case. Members of the Senate weren't even allowed to visit without permission, from what I've read.
I always check the ones I own or can find online (as by checking RIC numbers on OCRE or relying on authoritative secondary sources), but write...
An Imperial medium beard and a Provincial short one from Marcianopolis (a Pentassarion with facing busts of Macrinus and Diadumenian): [IMG] [IMG]
Roman Egypt was a closed economy in terms of its monetary system, completely separate from the silver tetradrachms of Syria and other Eastern...
Nice! Enjoy that feeling of holding the actual coin in your hand, instead of only an image viewed through plastic.
Ptolemaic tetradrachms can be very attractive, but are kind of boring because they all look pretty much alike, especially in using Ptolemy I's...
Roman Republic, Q. Cassius Longinus, AR Denarius, 55 BCE [Crawford] or 53 BCE [Harlan], Rome Mint. Obv. Young male head of Genius Populi Romani...
I think it looks great! What did you use? I'm sure I would make a horrible mess if I ever tried to do something similar. I think I failed gluing...
I completely agree!
The one I bid on also had a plumb bob as the control symbol.
Fine with me . I wish this thread had never been revived.
"Two newer, prolific posters are not part of my experience anymore." The first post in this thread. I suppose that had nothing to do with me....
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