These are fascinating - you see these from time to time - given the numbers at which these were struck it is amazing there aren’t more.
Let me add this - i recall having discussion on Moneta about how rare Septimius Severus dupondii are. However, there are at least four maybe five...
Beautiful coin - wonderful portrait
Wonder what a Tetricus Ant could buy back in the day.
I love the portrait on this denarius - the eye treatment is wonderful, the line on the forehead - the celators at the mint were unbelievably good.
I wear goggles, put a plier on each end twist a bit. Once it cracks it is usually easy to remove - done it at least a dozen times. Ancient coins...
Thanks - even though i am working and started collecting social security last year the bills have to be paid, the children are on their own but...
Just before taking some time off I thought I would post some new additions to my favorite emperor (thanks to Doug Smith and Curtis Clay for the...
"won't sell" I mean -
You forgot that we also cannot buy a metal detector and look for ancient coins! I am certain that this would be in my vacation plans if I lived in...
Basically I buy what I can afford to buy - But I'm not going to mortgage the house..,well...maybe...unless I find an IMP XX sestertii of...
I have a friend with similar views - about 20,000 sestertii and won't a single one. He has two Elagabalus sestertii with an Adventus reverse...
I'm with you - I buy and sell and maybe my collection grows by five coins a year. Recently I learned a hard lesson on 12 consignments. It was a...
Thanks! Great page and it does answer the question
Beautiful! Lovely coin
Thanks - I had the link but somehow forgot to include it. Some of the coins from these cities were crude but most were quite beautiful and the...
During the wonderful time of the influx of coins from the Balkans the provincials from the area were freely available in high grade for insanely...
Does anyone know what Securitas meant to the Romans or was it simply the security of the state after an event such as the death of the co-emperor...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Over the last few years I have been spending a lot of time thinking about rarity as it relates to ancient coins - in our...
Hard to believe that the US used to make such beautiful coins - instead of the today's bewildering array of pieces celebrating whatever, including...
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