Interesting coin. I can imagine carrying a bag of silver coins / pieces to market to buy supplies. I have a harder time seeing carrying enough Aes...
I bought half a dozen coins from Tkalec when I started collecting ancient coins. He had one or two big auctions per year and many more e-auctions....
I ask that question when I buy a coin on line. Go to acsearch and look for the coin you want. That web site will give you several coins. You can...
thanks for helping the translation, my plate uses similar letter combination [ATTACH] I am a Ramblin Wreck. When I attended school 4 decades...
I was kicked out before my favorite, a quinarius of Octavian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coin! I have a few RR denarii: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great story, thanks for sharing.
I suspect TIF is right. I am not a late Roman expert, but I did a few searches and do not find the letter combinations in acsearch. That does not...
Interesting coin. I have a few cast pieces that are squarish, after being broken. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Your wife is training her well. My wife modified her quote to: "you spend money you don't have on coins you can't spend (and some aren't even coins)"
nice coin, it looks like the horses manes were braided
I had a good time watching parts of a couple of auctions. I have done this for many years, but still have some things to learn. I was late to one...
Doug, I think that is far from true. I read your posts even when I do not have time to read all that is written on a subject. Sounds like you need...
great coin! Is it one of these? https://coinsweekly.com/buckingham-gold-hoard/
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Nice coin @David Atherton , great portrait, well centered and with just the right amount of crusties. I am reading a book set in Rome about the...
I have won a few lots from BFI. It normally takes a day or two after the last day of the auction to receive an invoice. Once the invoice went to...
[ATTACH] Victory hurrying to the wedding.
Aes Rude and Formatum come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Your piece looks like a bronze cake that was cut / shaped into a bar of about 5 Roman...
My first, and only, Julius Caesar portrait coin was cut many years ago. I have several that were broken or cut. Some of them use when I let YNs...
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