Today I have learned that few of my coins have in fact very interesting provenance, they originate from the Thomas Ollive Mabbott collection which...
About 20 years ago I bought a solidus of Julius Nepos for $300 (picked it from a group of solidi of that period, mostly of Anastasius) and sold it...
Judaea, Sebaste. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ 22mm (7.40 g, 11h). Dated CY 226 (AD 201/2). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen...
Looks normal to me
I have ordered 6 coins from Ritter back in February and they got stuck in mail in Germany for almost 3 months. Eventually they came back to the...
Mushroom hunting and board games.
I actually did some research on this subject. As far as I know the first time coins produced in Bostra under Severus Alexander were described as...
Here is my example, so far the best I have seen of this type. Those of Mammaea are considerably scarcer, particularly in decent condition....
It was quite scary indeed :jawdrop:
Recently a reputable dealer I know for over 20 years have offered me a coin I could not pass on. It is a large bronze of Otacilia Severa from...
Yes, Nabataean, king Aretas IV and queen Shaqilat
Few more hours of research and mystery solved. Indeed, Septimius Severus, and I was able to read [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Totally agree. I don't know who might want to buy something from an auction house that notoriously including multiple obvious fakes in practically...
I have actually looked at all small provincial coins with crossed cornucopia of second half of II and first half of III century in RPC and...
Still can't find it, either as Caracalla...
Thank you, @PeteB but I still think it might be Septimius. It could rather be AYTO rather than ANTO, look at this Paneas coin for example: [ATTACH]
Received this coin today from Roma, it was in a group lot with few levantine provincial coins. I spent few hours but couldn't identify it. Any...
Thank you @curtislclay , it makes perfect sense. The two countermarks are very similar in style, size and position (in front of the emperor's...
Got this in a group lot I purchased to get a completely different coin. My focus is on city coins and I don't know much about imperial, but I...
Thank you! I was actually considering submitting it there but decided that the scope of my paper fits OZeAN better. It is a peer reviewed but free...
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