Beautiful coins. Do I maybe see a bit of a Carolingian collecting focus evolving here? Also, the toning on that Charles the Bald denier is simply...
You might want to take a look at this list. It has a BPV countermark which is, I think, identical or very similar to the one on your coin.
That's an attractive example of a Lycian 1/6 stater! An abundance of these seems to have entered the market recently, so now is presumably the...
Interesting coins and tags! It's astonishing to see that as late as the 1980s, it was considered best curatorial practice to write accession...
...and it's happening again. Scrolling through the latest catalogue of the auction house the original post was referring to, I immediately spotted...
I like all of these very much, but the Caracalla sestertius stands because of the exceptionally well preserved, historically interesting reverse....
Thanks for the informative write-up! Also, I am extremely glad that full-body nude statues of political leaders are a thing of the past. The...
For me, that depends on the collecting field. My Roman Republican coins are arranged by Crawford (RRC) number Roman Imperial coins are arranged...
Thanks for the informative write-up! Here are two consecration issues for emperors. The one for Marcus Arelius shows the eagle of Jupiter, the...
Not an expert, but to me it simply looks like some fancy monograms on the reverse, a small crack, and the file marks from flan preparation often...
I've been going through my collection and decided to sell a range of ancient coins that simply don't fit in that well anymore. The coins that have...
What percentage of the US population has ever even heard of Quintillus? I wouldn't be certain it's even in the percental range... [ATTACH]...
Interesting write-up on a great type – thanks! As far as I see, the occasion on which this type was issued is still debated. As Jochen mentioned...
For me, the main point here is that the added sales tax makes it much less attractive to buy from US auction houses or even ebay. Here is an...
My pleasure! I didn't do much reading on the history of Pitane specifically, but when it comes to the more general topic of ancient Greek culture...
Oh, that's a hard choice. Few obvious candidates come to mind: Caligula Had half of the Roman aristocracy murdered, squandered most of the Roman...
Interesting thread! I have the usual 3rd century "Roma aeterna" types: [ATTACH] Gordian III, Roman Empire, Ar antoninianus, 240 AD, Rome mint....
I see a Π on your coin, too! By chance I currently have the SNG Copenhagen Mysia volume lying on my desk and just looked it up. SNG Cop. has six...
I have frequently and without any problems travelled from Germany to the US and vice versa with smaller numbers of ancient and medieval coins in...
Nice to see so many LRBs from Trier! What I like about the mint is that the high quality of portraiture seems astonishingly consistent. Even the...
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