Thank you for your post and your encouragement. I have always wondered at the differences between ancient Greek and what my father and his side...
Thank you - beautiful examples by the way. The Caracalla denarius has my favorite obverse bust type - I was fortunately able to buy a sestertius...
Well I did this when I was really tired so in addition to not proofreading it properly I think the inscriptions are not quite correct. - oh well I...
I turned 65 a few months ago, and realized that sooner or later I would have to consider retirement and, as a result, would finally have plenty of...
I have been tied up with work but i will post these tonight - I have the article worked out in my mind. I am also going to do an article on...
Curtis - when you say Paris what collection is that in? Is it the French National Collection - I'm not sure that exists, or in Louvre?
I lost a hundred dollars on a Faustina Sr. sestertius consignment consignment in a Leu sale - the photograph wasn't that great which is why I...
I guess it is a phony?
] It is very difficult to find rare coins like the Septimius Severus Salus I just bought on ebay without the rarity highlighted because the...
Ebay is still one of the few places you can find deals through misattributed, really poorly photographed, or unrecognized rarities etc but great...
I have been buying and selling coins on ebay for over 20 years - I have bought many MANY beautiful, rare and in some instances - rare these days -...
Summer is usually not the best time to sell coins - but other than that the only thing I have noticed about prices is that coins are generally too...
I have looked at this over and over again - an utterly gorgeous example - Blake
Curtis - I just picked up an example of a Caracalla sestertius - RIC 398(b) - half the obverse inscription is not visible but it just so happens...
Still very nice - is it just me or is it getting more and more difficult to find good coins at an affordable price? Of course that is different...
Beautiful Byzantine - I take it from the color that these were found in the Middle East -I’ve noticed that a lot of large bronze lots from there...
Great article! As if Greek weren't difficult enough, there's the breathy thing. I still use the expression "it's all Greek to me" as an...
Any guesses? I have searched diligently through Wildwinds but cannnot find anything like it with that "P" inscription
The number of these that are available in this grade is probably in the single digits - such a beautiful coin
beautiful coin and a great series!
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