Read Herodotus above.
Chances are I won't be so good looking when I'm 104 but I hope that if I am still around that I will know better than to pay ten times what a coin...
#1 is best. I'm glad you waited for one with the wolf but there nothing wrong with having both if you turn out to be a specialist in the period....
My favorites are #10 and #3 but all seem well chosen for understandable reasons. While I like Parthian AE and elephants, that Moscow is...
I share the coin problem but have one child and one grandchild so that has not been a problem....yet. The last time I saw my grandmother we had a...
Questions: There were over a thousand aurei found at Boscoreale but they were not catalogued before dispersal. We see many from Nero and...
I'm bothered by the question of 'legitimate' vs. 'usurper'. If we count as 'usurper' anyone who named himself Augustus in opposition to the...
I suggest you learn groups that go together like the year of 5 emperors (193) to avoid omitting Didius Julianus and Pescennius Niger or the...
Just for our education, post side by side PNG and JPG converted from the PNG and JPG that was JPG from the start. All must be the same size....
#3 for me. #1 has interesting hand details holding the hat. It reminds me of the way you hold your fingers if you have to pick up something rotting.
If the dealer sent a coin with bronze disease, he should deal with it. Without pictures or detailed description of the symptoms we can not tell...
Several people have posted Postumus AE sestertii or doubles. Be on the lookout for Postumus doubles overstruck on Antonine sestertii. Pius is...
2 and 6 lead my list which includes all the rest but the EID (I stay on the porch). I hope everyone realizes that #8 you called common is NOT the...
I voted for Velia. These seem to be hard to find in presentable shape. This lion is excellent.
I can't let this thread go without Silphium. The story goes that the last one was given to Nero who ate it. I'd guess the chances of that being...
While all are excellent, the style of the portrait on #8 Maximianus makes it stand out to me. I lost a similar coin in a sale a couple years ago...
As of right now, this list shows 237 Top/Best of lists ranging from gold to uncleaned findings our members have shared since 2013. IMHO this...
I very much appreciate it when our members explain the coin in the detail you have done here. I agree that the coin would be hard to photograph...
I consider 'Top' as used here to mean the coins that make you happiest that you collect coins. If that means the most expensive or the highest...
Overall this was a good overview but you lost me with the line below. Please explain the distinction between the Sasanians and the Persians as...
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