I could never understand why people have the neurotic urge to clean coins o_O. When I had an antique & coin store many years ago I was shocked how...
Alegandron, My coin weighs 23.83 gm & is 33 mm in diameter. Despite the tiny size of your coin both sides have well engraved designs & have a nice...
The Phil Peck (Morris) Collection has proven to be a windfall for collectors of rare, unusual, and attractive ancient coins. His collection was...
That's a handsome coin with a great action scene :D.
Q, You've got an exceptional example of a Philip II Tet :D. The celators at the Antioch Mint never fail to impress me. Not only is the portrait...
I recently acquired the coin pictured below from a Heritage auction. It appears to be a variant of a type listed by Richard McAlee as Extremely...
Valentinian, I enjoyed browsing through your new pages & copied them for my reference material :D. Another chapter you might consider doing in the...
Exodus, Congratulations for staying clean :D! To bad it cost you 14 months & who knows what else, but it's all history now. Ancient coins are a...
I scored this example last year from the Richard Baker collection :D. [ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54, Rome Mint, AE Sestertius, 21.84 gm, 42 mm.
Ed, That's a good one :D. I remember as a kid walking to the corner store & buying packs of Philip Morris cigarettes for my father for 25 cents a...
TIF, Your Tet of Philip II is a handsome example with traces of silvering still visible. Tets of Philip II as Caesar are much scarcer than coins...
R.C. It looks like you made fine score from the Morris collection :D! I like the blissful expression the celator has given Faustina. The reverse...
It seems my New Years pledge to restrain myself from buying more ancient coins was an exercise in futility :sour:. I would have had more success...
svessien, I wouldn't call your coin "crusty", but it does have a lovely "sand patina":). Your attribution looks right on, Sear 532.
Since starting this thread about 3 months ago other CT members have posted their examples of Anastasius 40 nummi coins struck at the...
Thanks for the answer & research ;).
Jules, That's a great composition on the reverse for such a small coin (20 mm ?). Do you know the significance of the X over IIr ?
I bought the sestertius of Gordian III recently at a Heritage auction pictured below. It was struck on a ragged blank but has a good looking...
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The handsome follis pictured below was recently auctioned by Roma Numismatics. My bid on this coin was steamrolled quickly, it sold for over...
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