Fantastic find. Though it's amazing to me how little the Daily Mail knows of British history. Carausius was the first Brexiteer, in 286 CE!...
"(can someone tell me exactly what Æ As is?)" The bronze (AE) "As" was the basic unit of the Roman monetary system. Other denominations were...
I’ve acquired two more Muses for my collection: [ATTACH] Rome, The Republic. Q. Pomponius Musa, mid-50s BCE AR Denarius (3.58g; 19mm). Rome...
C. Fabius Hadrianus also issued denarii without the EX A PV legend on obverse, like this one from my collection. In fact, it's unclear why the EX...
IMHO, the above quote is not a helpful statement, and might actually dissuade potential new collectors. Notice that @furryfrog02 immediately...
Why not ask Wayne Sayles via his blog?
There is a large group of ancient coin dealers from around the globe at the annual ANA convention show. It's an excellent show, second only to...
I hate to be a killjoy on this convention topic, but I think many of you are shooting for the stars. @Terence Cheesman has suggested the best...
There's actually a coin shop across the street from the British Museum, with a broad selection of ancient coins: Coincraft. I'd also recommend...
[ATTACH] Indeed, not an easy three-volume set to find! These were RBW's, now mine. It's an important work in the historical, scholarly debate...
That reminds me that I recently bought and "rescued" this slabbed, Octavian denarius. It earned a 4/5 surfaces grade with an "edge bump" note,...
Here's just a couple, though there are many more escapies in my collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Sextus Pompey denarius was particularly in...
I'll echo others' positive comments on Künker - very professional auction house. There is an option to choose English on their website, though it...
Waiting for the inevitable Hostilia denarius post...
All have surfaces divulging that they are silver plated. In some areas, the underlying bronze is showing through where the silver plate has worn-off.
I did this just two years ago. I did not need to provide references, but I did have to explain the reason for my visit and list the trays that I...
Panther with thrysus on an extremely rare Roman Republic, AR Sestertius of T. Carisius, 46 BCE (Crawford 464/7), ex RBW Collection: [ATTACH]
Yep. I'm in the midst of doing it now. Roman Republic has become my obsession. I sold my English hammereds via FORVM consignment several years...
Practically every dealer at NYINC had multiple, near mint state examples with bright luster.
The first page appears to be old English. The opening line appears to be a place and date ("In Edinburge ? this twentie first ? day of Apryle" or...
Separate names with a comma.
