Nothing particularly scarce but I was taken by the portrait on this nice, large, heavyish follis. Constantius I Chlorus Obv:– FL VAL...
I have acquired quite a few FTR Hut coins in the last few years. I have just added a barbarous imitation hut copying a Constans from Lugdunum....
I have a Severus Alexander Denarius that was sold to me as a base metal ancient copy but I am not so sure. Obv:- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AV[G],...
This is one of those coins that I have been waiting on for some weeks to make it's way to me for some weeks. Bought after the lockdown had set in...
I actively collect from a sub-series of the eastern denarii of Septimius Severus - COS II series that have peculiar shortened forms of the legend....
@Orfew managed to obtain a rare coin from the collection of the late Philip Gysen when it was being dispersed in 2018. He shared it here and was...
So far this year I have singularly failed in my resolution to focus on my collecting areas. I seem to have lost all focus and am wandering into...
Nothing rare or special but I was attracted to the well executed and slightly odd depiction of Mars. I was tempted to use the subtitle of "Hey...
To go along with the Postumus - PACATOR ORBIS that I bought I was offered some coins of Marius. I bought three (YES - THREE!). I had never seen a...
I had the opportunity recentlyto buy some Gallic Empire coins. This is not an area I focus on but sometimes you have to just go for it. Amongst...
In amongst the mixed batch of coins that I bought at the start of the year was a Roman Provincial. I am not very proficient with them and I can...
Another recent addition. Constantine the Great (as Caesar) - Follis Obv:– CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right Rev:– CONSERVATO-RES KART...
I haven't bought a Gordian silver for a few years. I saw this one and changed that. Gordian III, Antoninianus Obv:– IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS...
One of the interesting elements in buying a mixed lot every now and again is that I am forced into areas that I know nothing about. This is...
I don't own many (or even any) Byzantines and this one is beyond my comfort zone. This came as one of three small coins that were part of a mixed...
Title is incorrect. This is DIOCLETIAN but I can't find out how to change the title. There is a subset of coins from this issue at Trier that...
Hi all, I have acquired the following coin:- Severus Alexander Denarius Obv:- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust...
I am working through a mixed batch of coins that I have bought to start off the year. The batch consists of about 20 Alexandrian Tets from...
This is not the first time that this has happened to me but it annoys me every time. An ebay seller, who sells a mix of modern, medieval and...
I have never been tempted by one of these confronted busts of Gordy and Tranquillina before but saw her portrait on this one and pulled the...
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