That knight on the coin you posted, charging forward with lance in hand just reminded me of a knight in a jousting tournament. They still do it...
Love that coin Steve....ahhhh yes the jousting! [MEDIA]
I must say...Shawshank Redemption is an all time classic as well...and your Vespasian ain't half bad either my friend from the Great White North!...
Apocalypse Now and Caesar Augustus! [media] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Galba Caesar; 68 AD AE As; Rome Mint; 27mm/10.2g Obv: IMP SER GALBA CAES AVG TR P Bare head of Galba right Rev: Vesta seated left holding...
Augustus Caesar; 22-30 AD (Death issue minted under Tiberius) AE As; Rome Mint; 29mm/11g Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER; Radiate bust Augustus left...
Nice report Amanda. I enjoyed it, especially the coin porn. Wow. Viva Las Vegas!!! [media]
Nice post JA. I thoroughly enjoyed the historical background. My Gordian III was one of my very first ancients, bought as part of a set almost...
I'm selling portions of my US Coin Collection. I'm about to start listing the Lincoln Cents on eBay. I know there are some CoinTalkers who are...
Wow! She's a beauty CoinMike. I really love the green patina and the way it intensifies the details of the coin by adding contrast. Nicely done!
As it is with most of these HBO mini-series. If you try and just jump in on a random episode of Game of Thrones you'll be absolutely lost. You...
Very interesting project Steve. It lets me know I'm still a noob. Although I'm fast approaching 100 coins in my still somewhat new Roman...
Caracalla; AD 198-217 Silver Denarius; 17mm/3.2 g OBV: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right REV: MARTI PROPVGNATORI, Mars walking left,...
Trust me...that wasn't even the first mistake that TPG made that day... Even the mighty PCGS and NGC make mistakes.
Sweet Nero Steve! Yours is nicer. The one in the link has some rim/legend issues on the lower half/obverse. Other than that though she's a dead...
Great addition Randy. I've been looking for one of these as well. Hope to get one as nice as yours.
Nice coin JA! How do you get the Hebrew script to function from your keyboard?
I thought you'd be liquidating it all and dumping the cash into Brilliant Uncirculated rolls of State Quarters! Now there's an investment! :D Of...
You are correct. The Galba was the more pricey of the two. If I'm not mistaken, the other coin is a death issue of Augustus minted under Tiberius.
The seller still has a spectacular Nero As at what I would consider to be a decent BIN price. I almost pulled the trigger on this one but had to...
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