Severus Alexander, I think you're right ;). I've got at least a half dozen coins from the Aquileia Mint & stylistically there are strong...
I recently scored a nice looking follis from the last Roma E-Auction 58, pictured below. It's struck in the name of Maximian, circa AD 300,...
ominus1, I'd like your permission to copy your composition to my Pop Art files. It's the best laugh I've had in a while :D.
Jan Vermeer's painting "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" has turned into a Pop Art icon :smuggrin:. Several years ago I acquired a glass...
Many of your comments are so true :(. During the 1980s I taught Con Ed classes at three different locations for about five years on antiques &...
johnmilton, I've made similar posts on Type III $20 gold coins & $20 Saints. It's too bad to see this happening :( but eventually the market will...
Another excellent article by Jochen1 :D! Of all the Greek myths none have been told more or have inspired more art from ancient times to the...
Great discovery :jawdrop:! And a blessing it wasn't pierced for jewelry ;).
Terence, Your sestertii of Julia Domna & Caracalla are magnificent :jawdrop:! If there is a "Caracalla Master" he must have cut the dies for these...
Curtisimo, Those are two fine coins ;); I really like the siliqua with the beardless Julian II. Great article too, well researched & excellent...
That's one of the finest portraits of Napoleon I've seen :woot:. By 1840 the French artists were finally breaking away from Neo-Classicism &...
Blake, that's a great looking coin :jawdrop:. Fine portrait, interesting reverse, round planchet, both sides well centered, & a great patina. What...
I sold the example pictured below at a Heritage auction about seven years ago. Ptolemy VI, 180-145 BC, struck at the Aradus Mint (Year 92, 168/7...
Insuring coins in New York State where I live is incredibly expensive for dealers & collectors :mad:. I rent two large safe deposit boxes at a...
Randy, this is one area that you obviously have expertise, thanks for posting these duds ;). Where are these fakes being offered for sale ? Do...
In the 1960s when I was a teenager I bought a nice looking follis of Diocletian at a local coin shop in Rochester, NY for the princely sum of...
Many thanks to everyone for the kind words of condolence :joyful:. None of us know what really happens after we expire, but it's comforting to...
I had been looking for something to lift my spirit after my twin brother Henry passed away 3 weeks ago :depressed:, & found a beautiful denarius...
The best examples of the nude male form seen on ancient coins came from Naxos, Sicily. The 1st coin seen below is a Tetradrachm from the...
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