Difficult to say, so much depends on what your collecting objectives are. Personally, I would say a nice sestertius of Nerva belongs in a...
I was not in the mood to spend a lot of money at the last Numismata Coin Show. The year has been heavy with unplanned expenditures (children,...
Wow, thank you guys for the interesting historical tidbits. I am certainly not as well versed as you both on the history of the romans in Gallia...
Roman Collector, Doucet, I wanted to thank you both for your kind help:)
Thank you for mentioning this reference - I was not aware of this work on Ancient Coinage of the Iberian Peninsula. It seems very interesting. I...
I cannot claim to be an expert either, that is why I showed the coin to 4 ancient coin dealers at the Numismata show yesterday and today - all 4...
Thank you very much, Oldhopster. I am familiar with this variety since I discovered these two in my collection which I had overlooked for many...
Thank you, Orfew. I remember seeing your lovely example and thinking to myself, 'I have to get me an 'Hispania' type. My chance came today:).
I see an 1858 over Inverted Date half dime. Scarce type and high grade.
Thank you for confirming this, Roman Collector. It may be a previously unrecorded type. I am glad I followed my instinct and bought this today...
Here areas a couple of quick pictures of this interesting Galba Denarius I picked up today. I have been poring over my RIC I trying to pin down...
I am extremely saddened to hear this - hang in there steve! I am a two-time survivor of cancer myself - I am blessed that the disease has not...
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Nice additions, Mat! Plenty of history in those coins. I still need to get an example of coinage for the ' 'Roi Soleil'. This is one of my...
I actively look for roman coins depicting architecture. Find them fascinating. Here are some more from my collection. The Temple of Janus on an...
Here are some of my coins depicting Roman architecture: Rome's Meat market (the Macellum) on an As of Nero: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Columna...
It looks like a nice AU to me as well. Nice even color. Nice coin. C.Q.R (Copper Quotes by Robinson) describes the rarity of 1854, C-1 (only...
I like the Draped Busts too, (as a matter of fact, I like all early U.S copper:)). That is an incredible find, LordM, and in supper condition for...
Thank you for your comments, and thank you, Conder, for confirming the die state. I was hesitating between state II and III, but see now it cannot...
The year 1802 is normally not a year a focus on when it comes to early U.S copper, preferring to focus on the earlier issues. I did, however,...
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