Yes, it's a darling photo and I like the green Faustina!
Hmm, strike the green Augustus I posted. It was one of the rare times that the coin was sold before and it was a ghost listing. It was bought to...
I also hope to find a pre-reform follis of Antioch which has the semi-realistic bust. They're not terribly rare, but I've been waiting for a nice...
Very cool. You're like the Sherlock Holmes of finding buried coins! How neat!
I've had similar questions about photography. Where does one get the pictured stands? Does the white plate come with them?
I have a few coins from Ravenna, almost all 10 nummi. I picked up a fairly nice one at a coin show at Detroit 25 years ago. I remember being...
I had started a recent debate about whether decrepit rarities are better or beautiful common/affordable coins. I was all ready to post about my...
The AE one looks flatter, or is that a trick of the camera? Is Mike Braunlin still with us? He might know.
Or some type of presentation medal?
Congrats, Ksorbo, the follis of Justinian is very nice! Nice patina, Mat and I wish double likes were an option on Quant.Geek's. Very nice.....
:wideyed:Very nice!
Cool coins. I have an unusually lovely Theodosius II AE4 (Allen Berman). Other than a decrepit Libius Severus, a Tremissis of Johannes, a...
I checked out the first couple of Forum Byzantine coins; I guess you weren't slapped silly on those! Very impressive! :wideyed::wideyed::joyful:
Is there any easy way to search for an As on vcoins? 10 billion entries come up if one types in "As."
Quips Sir Mixalot, "I like big coins and I cannot lie.." I've bought a fair amount of coins from Marc. That's another interesting addition to...
Great coins! The aegis is nicely done, the Owl is really nice and the Faustina has a great patina. Nothing wrong with earthy. I don't care...
I started on my journey to be somewhat more disciplined about pursuing attractive coins. (Although I buy coins solely for my own enjoyment, not...
I've not yet purchased from Savoca yet but they look to have some interesting and quite reasonbly priced coins. That does look like a fun lot....
Neat! :joyful:
Yes, there's certainly no shame in being a budget collector. A collector of $5 Constantinian coins can have the same love of history as the finest...
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