With the prices being realized in recent auctions I agree that you might want to go ahead and buy from a fixed price site like vcoins or ma-shops...
Interesting article. And I agree that coins provide a terminal date for a structure or archaeological site. (Surely it cannot be dated to before...
There is a Carl Sagan quotation (meme) here that has been floating around the Internet recently about how Carl Sagan predicted the cultural and...
Thanks @Dwarf - very interesting!
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Weird is all I can say.
Great coins everybody. As Doug says, maybe the type is not that rare after all.
It's interesting (but not surprising) that the shield features a Gorgon. It's not clear on my example but is apparent on some of the following...
Great coins @Tejas - I'd say better than mine!
I just picked up this coin from Marc Breitsprecher. I rather like the portrait which shows a martial Gallienus holding spear and shield,...
I've seen a number of "Sold" signs show up on coins marketed by vcoins when doing google searches. Have not seen this for m-a shops.
Good to see that they now will be taken care of.
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Great write-up and coins Donna!
I like my Pupienus. There appears to be a bit of angst in the portrait when one regards the eyes/wrinkes, describing the situation of what was...
Nice find @galba68
Nice pick-up @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix - wasn't aware of this coinage.
Oh joy! More forms. Just finished my 2020 taxes and mailed them off, plus a portion of 2019 LT capital gains which the investment firm misreported...
Speaking of helmets, does anyone know if the soldier emperors of the latter Roman period actually wore them into battle? I am specifically curious...
Nice goal. My goal is similar except I have to rule out the very rare usurpers where there only are a few known examples, which don't often come...
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