I have owned several thousand ancients across about 20 years and in that time I have bought 3 slabbed coins. I freed the first coin and disposed...
That is a truly fantastic coin and one to be envious of. I have a couple of coins from the same Rauceby hoard that I have shared here before....
I wish you and your family the strength to fight your way through this. I have been touched by your generosity of thought and in coins over the...
I had no idea how long I had been here until I just looked. I turned 10 years in June.
I have heard it said many times over the years. I don't mind or care whather people approve of what I buy and collect as I don't collect them for...
I have also had a very lean year. My collection has shrunk over the year for the first time ever. I don't think I will share a top 10 this year.
I know many collectors look down on FEL TEMP coins and fallen horsemen in particular but some of us still like them. Trier examples are amongst...
It certainly looks like the bust of Sol on the shield. What a great find.
How about a pair of coins from a single obverse die that I suspect no more than a handful of people would care enough about to give them a home....
I have soooo many coins that I think would suit this thread. Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust left with spear over right...
4 - Probus? 5 - Trajan?
Another interesting question about bust types that had me struggling in my early days collecting Probus was driven by my assumption, which I later...
The use of bust types seems to vary mint by mint and issue by issue within those mints. Antioch and Tripolis only used Draped and cuirassed...
I have a soft sport for these and have gathered at least three variations over the years. Like yours [IMG] But this time D with dots [IMG] I...
Correct.
I suspect that Joe was banning a particular individual who really overstepped the mark with regards to very direct rudeness and there was a side...
As stated above this was NOT an auction but a Dealer sale from one of the online multi-dealer venues (if you really want to narrow it down it is...
Well that sold......
Dealers sell tooled coins because people will still buy them. I am not sure that someone would pay the asking price for this item if the seller...
Didius Julianus Sestertius IMP CAES M DID SEV IVLIAN AVG, laureated head of Julian to right. RECTOR ORBIS/S-C Didius Julianus left, wearing toga...
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