I find interest in this Marcianopolis showing both portraits wearing the laurel wreath but Caracalla strikes me as young. The legend lists both...
Starting at the top I see ANTomegaNEINOC. I'll guess a young Caracalla.
That is a rather unusual issue made for circulation in Antioch by the Rome mint under Trajan. The metal was yellow brass 'orichalcum' and they...
Mine is Septimius. [ATTACH]
Read that article all the way the end where it gives good advice for all our studied of regular, irregular and questionable issues. "One day...
Would one of our Republican specialists care to explain the system requiring some coins to be marked in various abbreviations "from Public Silver?...
My two wins arrived yesterday. Both included a level of disappointment but not a level that would result in a return. I believe it is just plain...
Since this thread got revisited by the obviously inappropriate commercial post, I'll take the time to mention that I will be giving two Zoom based...
I agree with TIF on this point but some equals are more equal than others. The differences are more in the minds of the collector than in some...
I don't know if mine was one of the instigators of your purchase but it has long been one of my favorite RR coins. Mine is not a die match. I...
and another TG - this with two dots on both sides as mark of workshop [ATTACH]
$79 in 1990 from Tom Cederlind (not know for being cheap but usually had decent coins) [ATTACH] $100 in 2019 from Andy Singer (usually...
I got mine in 1990. To me, the appeal was the vex flan fabric matching the concave obverse die. This must have made them easier to strike on...
This Commodus denarius abbreviated the word for ten on this VO/DE rather than using the X. [ATTACH]
Most are seen X or XX but there are a few with XV like this Crispus from Rome but it just hasthe numeral and no VOT. [ATTACH] However the XV...
Rather than slabbing everything or color coding, I would concentrate on finding someone you would trust to help your family with the coins when...
I do not know who made them but I do believe that there are as many fourree denarii of Claudius as there are solid ones. Part of this I would...
While I do have several coins showing Liber/Dionysos my beverage of choice is shown spewing out of the rocks behind the lion on this rather rare...
I predict you will make a fine collector of ancient coins.
I would love to have one of the Tiphonia coins but it is the sort of thing I would want slabbed. I would not waste time sending it to NGC (aka...
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