That IS a great portrait, @Mat. Weirdly, it reminds me a lot of Trajan. I’m a fan of temple anything too so the reverse is also appealing.
Hi all. Nice introductions from everyone. @lordmarcovan: Depression and self doubt are terrible things. Don’t let the siren song of those...
Lovely coin!
Avoid everyone on your list except Lucernae.
@gsimonel and @Victor_Clark are both excellent sellers on eBay, I’ve bought from both. Actually I would have bought more but I’m usually not...
That’s an impressive coin, @dougsmit. I also do not have any coins with confronted heads of Albinus and Severus. I recently found a very beat...
@Herodotus I think I see some nice coins in there. I think you could offload some of those and probably break even on the lot if you were so...
@Finn235 If you find any Severans in that lot that you don’t want let me know. I always get blown out on the lots.
Lol this is all too familiar. As I am building my watch list from a new auction listing (or in the case of Roma, having to come back 100x to...
Even considering the wear, the portrait and the figure of Venus are both very nice. Congrats on the find and grab! I do not have one of her yet....
Excellent coins and presentation @maridvnvm. Always happy to see coins of Severus, particularly in context.
Nice addition @Nvb. I actually think the reverse is still pretty attractive.
@dougsmit I agree with the breakdown of hobbyist vest pocket dealers and people earning their income. If this wasn’t the latter I would never...
@cpm9ball I had that thought but wasn’t sure how unsolicited advice would go over.
Hi all, I was looking at the website of a major dealer to see what kind of inventory they had up and I was surprised to see not much offered....
Nice coins Mat! Very sharp examples for what are typically very mushy coins. Nice to see whole legends along with sharp reverses.
Sydenham notes that it may have been that Caesarea was used as a regional mint, striking coins for most of Asia Minor from Tiberius to Gordian...
[ATTACH] Provincial, Perinthus, Thrace, AE30, AKTIA PYQIA AE30 Roman Provincial: Perinthus, Thrace Septimius Severus Augustus: 193 - 211AD...
Nice additions everyone! I thought the same thing, @Gavin Richardson. I was like why can’t I have those kind of results?!
@MSG 78 I very much like the idea of keystone sales. I think that you will find that collections organized around a theme and promoted correctly...
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