[ATTACH] Enjoy this, the only known coin explicitly naming Caligula. Reverse type is a spintria motif. Too naughty to post here. From the...
[ATTACH] When a coin's design reminds you of something else unrelated to the scene being represented. Has this happened to you? Maybe just me...
Hello on this beautiful Sunday (sorry for those in Florida) Just wanted to alert you that a certain "Edgar Owen", who has a website at...
Today I completed a major chapter in my ongoing ERIC work with the draft for Gordian III. If anyone reading this is a specialist in this area who...
Got a rare Gordy? I'm nearing completion of this section for my next ERIC in case any of you have previously unpublished coins. I've already...
I probably should have added this to the old thread but can't find it now (sorry) The famous 1887 sale by Rollin & Feuardent of the Ponton...
Well, that's arguable for sure but one good candidate might be the 1887 sale held by coin firm Rollin & Feuardent of the collection of one Ponton...
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It just occurred to me today that there's usually very little info on auction houses (or dealers) when they go out of business. They just stop and...
I was at the DMV and they said "why not a vanity plate?". And I thought, hmmm, what clever thing could I put on a vanity plate? Well, I'm a...
I visited the ANS library twice on a mission to photograph old coin catalogues. While their system for accessing these rare publications is...
Just added to my growing collection of Byzantine rulers (http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/grid31.php) Rasiel [ATTACH] The year 1077 brought a...
The title is obviously tongue in cheek :- ) [ATTACH] Even in the best of times the careers of a Roman emperor who attained the throne by...
If you needed another reason to hate on ancient coin slabbing: https://www.ebay.com/itm//133055413585 To call this coin mint state is just...
"Incredibly rare" coin of Laelianus found at dig, says the BBC (their quote) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-48314102 I think...
Every once in a while my eye catches what I think are outdated or non-standard forms of Latin names of Roman emperors (and empresses) and wonder...
[ATTACH] Just added another beautiful coin to my collection. Makes me wonder... how many times was this coin actually used for buying stuff? What...
Last night I welcomed to my collection a very coveted coin and am now one step closer to finishing my one-of-each type set of Roman emperors that...
I think this will be of interest to some of you. Here's a series from some of the big names in the business to compare photography styles. Ideally...
This is in response to the below question posted on the Proculus thread: "Is there a scientific test to know the exact age of a coin ?" I think...
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