A legionary denarius of Mark Antony is one of the many ancient coins I would love to have. But examples in really nice condition are too expensive...
I buy the theory! Here's mine: Elagabalus AR Denarius, 221-222 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate & draped bust right, bearded, with horn (or bull...
Maybe his account name was considered an improper advertisement for his youtube videos. I know of at least one well-known dealer who was allegedly...
Fascinating; thank you!
I have one coin from Tomis: Philip II, AE Tetrassarion, 247-249 AD, Moesia Inferior, Tomis [now Constanţa, Romania]. Obv. Bareheaded, draped, and...
Cool it, please. Are you truly so oblivious that you can't tell that the sentence ending with an exclamation point was an attempt at humor?...
Thanks! I agree, even though David Sear graded it as only "almost EF" -- not that I care in the least! [ATTACH]
@David Atherton: because I was curious. RPC I: "a" 4 times, "o" 0. RPC II: "a" 7 times, "o" 0. RPC III: "a" 1 time, "o" 54. RPC IV: "a" 0 times,...
But elsewhere, as for my coin and others, RPC uses the "o"! As does Jones's Dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins. Which makes sense to me, given the...
Sorry, I didn't see the "H" over on the right, so I guess your coin is a Year 18 like mine, except for the H being in a different location.
Very nice, everyone. Here's my one Serapis, a type very similar to @ambr0zie's (which looks like a Year 10 to me): Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm,...
@David Atherton, two wonderful coins. FYI, I'm pretty sure it's spelled Agatho-, not Agatha-. See, e.g.,...
The only coin from a famous collector that I've acquired since I posted in this thread originally, back in March, is this one -- which actually...
In terms of camera/photography stores, that's an issue of stores in tourist areas being massively overpriced, rather than of authenticity, right?...
I am quite sure that many complaints were filed with the New York City consumer protection authorities over the decades he was operating. But it...
I should also have mentioned that most hoard provenances probably wouldn't stand up to legal scrutiny either, given the absence of any "chain of...
I agree about coins, but I'm not quite as confident about the antiquities available through V-Coins. For example, there's a dealer located in...
One problem with relying on old coin catalogs for provenance is that in my limited experience, the majority of auction catalogs prior to 1970 --...
Well, it's certainly my favorite portrait of Julia Domna: [ATTACH] There are a lot of others I like, so picking a handful of favorites would be...
Great coins! FYI, I believe you may have the wrong ID on your first Julia Domna: that's actually Isis with the infant Harpocrates ("Horus as...
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