Pictured below is my only Hadrian Tet from Alexandria, Egypt. It's illustrated in David Vagi's book "Coinage and History of the Roman Empire,...
Luck was with me at the CNG 453 E-Auction, & I managed to score two more coins from the Michel Prieur collection. The first coin pictured below is...
David, Nice score for $500.00 ;). I was eyeballing that coin too :smuggrin:. The cleaning marks aren't abusive & you must look hard to see them....
Deacon Ray. Nice score & beautiful photo ;).
Awe, he looks so innocent in that portrait. He must have been a good emperor. [ATTACH]
Doug, The line you see starting fom the top of the head is a lamination crack. If you click the image to enlarge it you'll see more of these...
Chris, I think you're being unduly cynical :eek:. Of course there are chumps out there who may think they found the "Holy Grail" of coin...
Mat, That's a nice looking Tet with the Z officina letter. Why they didn't use letters from the beginning instead of dots always puzzled me...
Plumbata, Those are good questions ;). The books mentioned in the thread have had an obvious impact on the market, especially Prieur's book since...
Chris, That's a good point ;). I think people with a lot of time on their hands would do better panning for gold or looking for gemstones &...
This morning I read an interesting article published by CNBC on role hunting, see link below. The article focuses on the popularity of this trend...
James, I enjoyed your write-up with illustrations. I'm surprised this is your 1st Featured Article o_O. The comet myth is an important part of...
Q, forgive my mistake :confused:, your coin was struck at the 4th Officina (4 dots), Prieur #582 (maybe a typo on your part ?). There are so many...
Q, You've got a beautiful looking Tet, it's well struck from fresh dies, perfectly centered, artistically accurate portrait, & blessed with a...
Plumbata, I took a serious fancy to Roman Provincial Tets after buying Michel Prieur's book The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions,...
On April 6, 2017 I bought the Antioch Tet of Trajan Decius, pictured below, from Harlan Berk. At the time I was undergoing cancer treatments at...
Nice score Mat :D! I recently scored a nice example of a Otacilia Tet that was posted earlier, but will post here again to join the gallery of...
Here's an example of Mars I haven't seen posted yet on a coin of Constantine I :playful:. [ATTACH] Constantine I, AD 307-308, Trier Mint: AE...
Carthago, Your three denarii are magnificent :jawdrop: & help beef-up this fascinating article :D. The denarius posted by Terence Cheesman has a...
Alegandron, Nice score :woot: & write-up with maps. The portrait of Tanit is sensitive & unusually well done for the period, & the coin has an...
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