Quite right, my As is Rome mint, Staff Series, Crawford 112/3. Below is a more relevant coin from my collection. It's a likely Etrurian mint...
Here are a few of mine. Tbe first is the same type as @Bing posted. This is actually the more common type of Antony/Octavia cistophori. Your OP...
Nice coin Red. I must admit, I chuckled when I looked at the Roma results and saw Clio's name all over the RR bronzes. I never knew he/she had a...
Here is the group of six Republican bronzes that I mentioned in my OP. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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To those collectors who believe ecapsulation (slabbing) protects coins: please look closely at the lower right of the obverse photo of my new...
But that's precisely what you are doing when you continue to buy coins from questionable eBay sellers. The coins you posted would never have been...
Here are the two, slabbed auction lots received in yesterday's mail. The bronze: Rome, The Republic. Bird and Rudder Series, 206-195 B.C. AE As...
I responded above but did not vote in the poll, because the poll choices are too limited. "Cast" suggests cast from a genuine coin. However, the...
All fake, in my opinion.
No, I just wanted to suggest that you not necessarily focus on the setting (ring) in dating the gem, which is the part you most care about. The...
Any chance the gem pre dates the setting?
Uspus, the patron deity of the U.S. Postal Service, showered me with blessings today. I received three packages. One contained a lovely group of...
I designed my collection database using MS Access. My database sets up 2x2 tags by batch (the entire colllection), but I only print the page that...
You need wonder no further than Agrippa. Agrippa was the man behind the sickly, bloodthirsty little twerp!
Unfortunately, I do not have a legionary type. Several have come up for sale over the past few years. They tend to be in miserable condition and I...
I agree. I-ve been going through this process a bit this year. I've really focused my efforts and interest on the Roman Republic, to the near...
My first copy was the 1971 edition. Not every coin was pictured. I now have the 1983 edition, which also includes photos of some of the coins. 26...
As a teenaged collector, my first book on ancient coins was RSC volume 4. I spent hours pouring over the photos of Postumus' coins, dreaming of...
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