S.A., That's a great idea for a set, & not an easy one to complete :happy:! The London nummus with a mintmark has eluded me for a long time, they...
The coin pictured below I won at AMCC 3, & is probably the most interesting coin of Constantius I in my collection because of a spelling error in...
[ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-337 (struck AD 307/8), Trier Mint, 1st officina. AE Nummus: 6.65 gm, 26 mm, 6 h. Ex Spink 169, July 15, 2004.
I think a pair worthy of consideration is the emperor Diocletian & the goddess MONETA. Diocletian's restructuring of the economy & the creation of...
Jack, Thanks for sharing your findings on the ROSA AMERACANA fake penny by Peter Rosa. I can't help but think that Peter Rosa was having some fun...
robinjojo, The portrait on the 1st coin is Focus (Phocus), as you described in your thread :p.
Cinco, "EDGE FILING" is certainly no reason to reject a coin for slabbing; I'd give them a call & ask for an explanation ;). Several years ago I...
robinjojo, Your 40 nummi coin & the example posted by GinoLR are valuable rarities :happy:. Pictured below are a couple of coins I've posted a...
Curtis, The Egyptian drachm & catalog was part of my consignment :happy:, the Sev. Alexander bronze wasn't ;). I wonder if we'll see the...
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Curtis, I have never used AK Collection as a provenance or had it printed on a slab because I knew someone else was using it ;). I have used AWK...
sand, Sorry about that :(. I'll see if I can post a printout from my computer ;). See if this works....DNA Origins, Eastern Europe & Russia.pdf
Like many other people I was sucked-in to getting my DNA analysis from Ancestry.com about 5 years ago. They determined that my DNA was 17%...
Don't you mean David Vagi o_O?
Mike, They may not slab it again after removing it from the original slab. I think it looks awful in the slab anyway :yuck:. It may be worth...
You answered your own question "he did introduce a new monetary system". This is a convenient reign for coin collectors to begin the Byzantine...
The coin appears to be struck from heavily worn dies ;).
Better get them slabbed first :p.
L.M., This coin proves as the Classical Period in Greek art was near its end not all the engravers lost their skill :happy:.
Mat, The low-end estimate of the slab seems accurate especially when you weigh in the cost of slabbing ;). As Kentucky suggests, "a bidding war"...
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