Rather than up late, I'm up early in the UK after being woken up by the cat, though thankfully not a tiger.
There's an enviable depth to your selection that shows a real historical grappling with your chosen subject. Beautiful and historical selections!...
That's a nice example @zumbly and yours is the turreted type, where my genius has a modius on his head.
It's obvious now you've said it, but I was sure it was an illustration of a part of the cuirass and couldn't see the exact spot. I assumed that...
[ATTACH] RIC VI 85 - London Mint DN MAXIMAINO PF S AVG GENIO - POP ROM Follis 25x29mm, 7.06g, 307 AD (Second Reign) On 21 April 1865 two...
Excellent bit of research there, and sure to be helpful to others in the future. Nice coin too.
Excellent thread Zumbly, and although I have no early issues of Antoninus Pius before he became Pius, I have developed a great fondness for his...
Interesting. I downloaded the Historia Augusta and Cassius Dio onto my Kindle, and plan on tackling them both this year, and have only listened...
Nothing in my collection costs more than that, so you have many options. How about a small new sub collection of barbarous radiates? Or a set of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Carausius Radiate with Moneta Avg reverse [ATTACH] Maximianus (second reign) from London Mint with excellent and interesting...
Love it! Check out that pucker.
The missus shows a passing interest, but it's more that she's interested about the fact that I'm so interested. I do ask her opinion on new...
I'm usually very predictable with picking my top picks from my own collection area, and the Hadrian, Marcus and Aelius coins are all stunning...
Even with my humble coins, I sometimes wince when someone is less than gentle when looking. I have a couple in the 'don't touch too much'...
I wish I was one of those kids, I'm love to be able to handle one of the early big cast asses! Stunning example.
Merry Christmas to you too John, and to everyone else here at Coin Talk.
Very interesting stuff, sounds like worthwhile reading. I'd like to learn more about the length of time low value coins were used across the...
That's a wonderful coin Al. I need to add a Tet or two myself.
I did play with the idea of a collection of quadrantes earlier in the year @Mat but I've subsequently talked myself out of it. I find them broadly...
I've been pondering this question for a while now, and thought I'd get everyone here's thoughts. Do you have a preference for a certain...
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