Finding Flavian tetradrachms from Alexandria in good condition can be very frustrating. Often they are seen heavily worn or corroded, which makes...
It's been a very good week at Flavian Headquarters. Coins and books are arriving in the mail at a steady pace. And Fedex delivered this awesome...
I acquired this neat drachm a week or so ago and because of a hectic schedule I'm just now getting around to 'playing' with it. These are not...
I was really excited to receive this unpublished Vespasian denarius yesterday (although a fellow CTer beat me to it). [ATTACH]Vespasian AR...
This weekend I've been feeling a bit under the weather and decided to binge watch season 2 of Netflix's Stranger Things. Oddly enough, this...
Earlier this year I posted the Rome mint version of the Titus Caesar Nike drachm....
Specialists love minutiae. My latest arrival is a good example of such a minor detail being a cause for celebration. It also does not hurt the...
We specialist live and die by these so called 'grail' coins. They don't come along very often, but when they do it is a cause for celebration! I'm...
When collecting Domitian denarii, some issues are more highly prized than others. Recently I was able to obtain a denarius from one Domitian's...
In nearly 14 years of collecting I never came across an example of the following Vespasian denarius in trade, although the frequency is rated as...
Picking out rarities among Domitian's Minerva issues is not for the faint of heart. At first glance, all the dates and titles seem very...
It too me ages to find one. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.15g Rome mint, 69-70 AD RIC 1396 (R2), BMC 431, RSC 280b, RPC 806 (2 spec.) Obv:...
Sometimes eBay turns up a worthy coin. When a scarce Domitian denarius was listed with the 'buy it now' option, I didn't hesitate. [ATTACH]...
Like my last Domitian quinarius, this one struck for Vespasian is also considered 'common' by RIC II.1. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Quinarius, 1.36g...
I took a chance with this coin. A fellow collector alerted me to a rare Domitian denarius that was part of a coin list a dealer had mailed to him....
I was very excited when this one arrived over the weekend! [ATTACH] Domitian AR Quinarius, 1.61g Rome mint, 88 AD RIC 599 (C2), BMC 134, RSC 78...
*Forgive the obvious 'clickbait' nature of the thread title.* My latest acquisition has me wondering why Flavian engravers often depicted Julia...
I suppose this coin is not anything too exciting. However, I did have it saved in my eBay favourites for 2 years(!) before noticing last week that...
This has been a summer of cistophori for me. Last month I was able to score a rare Titus cistophorus and recently I acquired this Domitian as...
Either the die engraver was hungover or had his mind on other things. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Divus Vespasian AR Denarius, 2.92g Rome Mint, 79-80 AD...
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