As a specialist I tend to look for things that other folks would think are not too important. For instance, the number of corn-ears....
Periodically, the question is asked about which storage method is preferred. Why not go full on old school and store them the Roman way?...
I was extremely thrilled when this toned little beauty arrived last week! [ATTACH]Domitian AR Denarius, 3.43g Rome mint, 81 AD RIC 16 (R2). BMC -...
Vespasian denarii with the priestly implement reverse are not rare and I've had examples of each RIC number for quite a while. Recently I came...
In a recent post by @dougsmit https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-which-claudius-ii-floats-your-boat.318755/page-2#post-3116448 he questioned...
Recently, I was able to obtain a very rare Domitian as Caesar denarius. I've been wanting one of these for quite sometime! [ATTACH]Domitian as...
Vespasian died of a stomach ailment at Reate, Italia 1,939 years ago today. Considered one of the 'good' Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, he did much...
In this thread https://www.cointalk.com/threads/misery-loves-company.316995/ I recounted how I lost a long coveted Domitian as Caesar Pegasus...
While waiting on the arrival of a coin to continue part 2 of this story https://www.cointalk.com/threads/second-chances-part-one.317718/ , another...
A week or so ago I started a thread in which I lamented missing out on a coveted denarius by just a few seconds....
... almost. I recently received another slabbed Domitian cistophorus. The information card inside the slab stated the coin was in 'fine style'....
I usually check Vcoins once or twice a day in the mornings and evenings. For some reason I did so in the middle of the day and saw a newly listed...
In a recent topic, https://www.cointalk.com/threads/thoughts-about-value.316380/page-3#post-3085500 I mentioned I had recently overpaid for a coin...
I couldn't pass up this beautiful cistophorus. Unfortunately, it was entombed in a plastic prison. [ATTACH] To quote the eminent classicist Mary...
It took over 3 weeks for my latest coin to arrive from Europe. The tracking never updated so I was completely in the dark about its whereabouts....
It's not often you are lucky enough to be given a second chance at a coin. Three years ago a UK auction house put up an extremely rare year one...
I got this one earlier in the month but just now have gotten around to cataloguing it. IMHO, a really nice Flavian feather in the cap!...
When I first received my copy of BMCRE II in 2003 I noticed a rare, early military coinage struck for Vespasian at an unknown mint. It intrigued...
I'm always happy to add one of these Eastern denarii to the collection and would be content just to specialise in them. [ATTACH]Vespasian AR...
I recently was able to acquire this really neat Vespasian tetradrachm. [ATTACH]Vespasian AR Tetradrachm, 12.17g Alexandria mint, 70-71 AD RPC...
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