Domitian's middle bronzes are quite affordable and can be easily found in trade. Aesthetically they are quite pleasing, especially the dupondii....
I was attracted to this worn Titus Caesar As because of the affordable price ... and because it's fairly rare. It was overlooked by more...
I was attracted to this common coin because of the portly Titus on the obverse. The engraver portrays the young Titus Caesar as going through a...
While doing my normal round of internet browsing today I came across a bronze 'white whale' with an impeccable provenance that I would really...
Today in the post I received a coin I was attracted to not because of the rarity (it is indeed rare!), but more so because of the beautiful...
My latest arrival is a pretty little semis which has a neat numismatic story behind it, not to mention a bit of a mystery. [ATTACH] Titus as...
As most of you know I specialise in the Flavian dynasty. The catalogues I need to attribute my collection are fairly well known - RIC II.1, BMC...
Yesterday the postman delivered a coin I have been breathlessly anticipating for over 3 weeks. There are many reasons why I wanted it, chief of...
I've always wanted a nice example of this fairly common bronze As(?) struck in Syria for Vespasian. Oddly, despite the piece being a provincial...
Yesterday I posted a new Diva Julia Titi sestertius. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/she-is-such-a-diva.353526/ After closely examining the coin...
Thanks to Ken Dorney, I recently was able to acquire another iconic Flavian type - a Diva Julia Titi sestertius. This type has been uppermost on...
I systematically collect Flavian silver, so it was a great joy for me to find this little beauty on eBay last month. A denomination you don't see...
I purchased this eagerly anticipated coin earlier in December, but it was held up for quite sometime in overseas postal purgatory. It only arrived...
Today the postman was very generous and delivered not only an expected coin but also a book I've very much been looking forward to reading!...
And what better way to do so than to start off the year with a very common Vespasian bronze. I wonder how many wine bars, baths, and brothels this...
I received this coin in the post today, likely to be the last of 2019 (2 others are still in postal purgatory). It comes with a bit of a mystery,...
I think pretty much all the coins I'm going to have in hand before the close of the year are in, except for 2 or 3 still winging their way to me...
Last week I shared a rare Vespasian Concordia As in my 'Coining ritual' thread. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-coining-ritual.351945/ The...
We all have our rituals once the coins have arrived in the mail and are ready to be 'unboxed' and attributed. Here is mine. 1. Make a cuppa...
The colour and meaning of an emperor's coinage is found in the common coins, not the rarities. The common types were struck in plentiful numbers...
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