I'll post the grade (and this coin did grade) later today. My question: What's going on with the reverse? I saw this coin on E-bay....
Interesting video I saw over at the PCGS site. I wonder if it will be taken down soon:...
I'm planning to submit the following as part of a larger post to a non-numismatic Ancient Roman site. Is what I wrote factually correct? By the...
I was surprised to see this coin graded so highly. I checked the NGC certification site and the picture matches :eek:. Question: Is it just a...
I have no special interest in the female empresses of the Roman Empire. I certainly had no previous interest or understanding about female...
Why do the reverses of these Ptolemaic coins (and sometimes the obverse) appear to have punched out centers? Was this done at minting to hold the...
I was asked (by my daughter and wife) how many YNs at a summer seminar? What are the average ages? How many females (what is the ratio)? I see...
Domitianus II: Little Known Romano-Gallic Usurper Here's a rough draft I'm working on. Thoughts? Corrections?: The third century of the Roman...
Here is a very poignant medal paying tribute to Queen Mary's death (from smallpox). Is the irregularity on the reverse caused by a die break?...
First the background: The Celtic-British tribe, the Atrebates, had become an ally of the Romans after their defeat on the continent by Julius...
I don't collect coins. I do, however, accumulate and research bits of numismatic evidence of the history I am studying. With this in mind, I...
What is the current thought about the significance of "XXI" on the later antoninianus (aurelianianus) coin? Does this explanantion still ring...
Naive question, I'm sure, but how does a copper coin survive 340 years, maintaining most of its original luster? It was graded as MS by PCGS with...
Here is a nice review of the bronze disease plight. Ken Harl is the co-author. For those who don't know, he is a great Ancient historian and...
(Here's a rough draft of a future article I plan to submit at a non-numismatic site dealing with everything about Ancient Roman history. Any...
I saw this coin in a recent auction: [ATTACH][ATTACH] What is the significance of Canopus? I found this information on wildwinds.com from...
I am very honored to have received a reply from Roger Bland, one of the authors of The Frome Hoard, concerning questions over this statement:...
I'm currently doing a review of a book for another web site. I have difficulty from this statement made in the book: "According to one...
As discussed before, the Brutus EID MAR coin was up for auction: [ATTACH][ATTACH] The coin sold for $546,250 on September 7, 2011 at the...
While doing research for a non-numismatic site about Carausius, the unsuccessful usurper who declared himself emperor in Britain and Northern Gaul...
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