In my impossible quest to get all Emperors in my collection, I sometimes decide to upgrade some coins I already have but that are quite worn. So...
Found in the latest edition of CoinsWeekly : a list of the most useless University Degrees in Europe. And guess what, numismatic is on the list...
Today July 6th is international kissing day ! For the romans, kissing was an important thing. The osculum was a kiss on the hand or cheek. On the...
« Please take a seat » is a common expression and a polite way to ask someone to sit down. But in the Roman political world many centuries ago, it...
From CoinsWeekly. Every collector should read this article : https://coinsweekly.com/burglars-new-tactics/ [ATTACH]
Now I have your attention. I’m smiling imagining the moderators squad of CT watching if the rules of decency have been broken here. But let’s be...
Question : if you were a die engraver at the service of an emperor, would you take the chance to test his sense of humour ? Let’s suppose that...
Wow. The guy had it in his collection for decades......
Many people around me think coin collectors are weirdos. We spend hours admiring 2000 years old objects, some of us use needles and toothpicks to...
I laugh every time I see under my CT’s avatar the title « well known member ». It’s funny because I’m only « well known » by the members of my...
Many of us have in their collections examples of coins with legend’s errors. Why did the engravers made such mistakes ? An opinion is that these...
This is my 1st coin of this Emperor. Why did I buy it ? 1) it was missing in my collection 2) I’m a romantic ( rome antique...) guy and I like...
Every collectors of Roman coins have at least few examples of characters holding the famous patera.For those you doesn’t know what it is exactly,...
Me and my friend Francois meet about once a year and discuss about numismatic and share new additions to our collection. This spring, he showed me...
Finally a rare event happened. A counterfeit coins seller is facing 15 years in jail and fines of up to 250 000$. Next target : ebay fake...
I love those overstruck coins. Have a few very worn specimen in my modest collection. Lately I was doing some research about Regalianus the...
A surreal situation happened lately on another ancient coin forum of discussion. A very experienced collector is asking assistance to confirm the...
Civil engineering program to better preserve 2000 years old catacombs from rising groundwater, which threatens this archeological tourist site,...
Just want to share this interesting article from “le bulletin numismatique” about a denarius of Julia Domna sold not that long ago. Here is the...
Wednesday April 10th 2013 Washigton Hotel, London England The famous numismatic auction is expected for weeks now, espacially lot # 694. For half...
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