Beautiful coin - I have speculated that the celators who responsible for the beautiful coins of Caracalla were either still alive during the reign...
Great coins - it is on my list as well - but it is odd how the prices seem to same no matter how many are available
I just got in a huge number of Greek and Roman coins - all types - please check them out - I sell under the screen name MORTOWN - bad name what...
Terrific post - are there any translations of historians wrote a history of these times?
I foolishly started a part two if this thread instead of adding the sestertii to this thread so all will be in one place. As noted above, I...
I agree - it is amazing what Tiber patina gives you - I’ll post a Septimus sestertius that illustrates this - Victory reverse is amazing due to...
When I last left this thread I had 21 different types and needed two to have a complete set of every major sestertii of Elagabalus - in addition...
I think there were several documented finds that consisted of antoniniani - hoards rather. I have a book documenting a hoard of about 2700 coins...
Too nad Maximinus had not lived - if he had Roman history would have been very different - read Herodian - I was shocked that Maximinus wasn't the...
Van Meter points to Gallienus as a terrific emperor to collect and I fully agree - the coins of Gallienus have everything, including interesting...
My rarest is probably an As of Clodius Albinus that is a die match of the one in the British Museum, second rarest is a DI Patrii sestertius of...
I recall being amazed when I first saw this type when I was very new to the hobby - still amazed -
Beautiful coin - I love seeing these with reverses that you do not see anywhere else. While I never get tired of anything having to do with...
Unfortunately these coins will probably be cataloged, shown for a few weeks and then tossed in a museum basement to be forgotten. At least these...
Let me quickly add that there is no need to go anywhere near $375 to buy beautiful provincials - many MANY cities struck may many amazing coins in...
You are completely correct - if there is one area where the bargains remain incredible it is provincials - especially bronzes, although...
Let me add this - it is well known that Septimius Severus stopped striking bronze coins at the Rome mint from ca199 to 209AD, I have wondered if...
Looks exactly like the Greek bronzes I have a tendency to buy in bulk and there are always a half dozen or so that I just bang my head against the...
Bright blue is usually bad new but some verdigris can be bright blue. Bronze disease is such an awful problem my suggestion would be to move on...
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