Well, it is black and almost like money. [ATTACH] Or you can use it to point to the right.
Nice catch! The auction had a coin that interested me. It was advertised as an ancient fake, but a really neat one?...
I e-mailed my congressman: Congressional District 36--Congressman Brian Babin, about one of the MOUs. As luck would have it, I saw him a week...
Happy Thanksgiving to all. My wife and I had a quiet meal of Chicken Creole and veggies. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Our kids and grandson will...
Great coin. It takes training to read the letters on this coin.
I call the coins Roman, but Eastern Roman or Byzantine both work for me. By·zan·ti·um was an ancient city of Thrace on the site of present-day...
Great coin. Her name sounds like it should go on the front of a cereal box. [ATTACH]
Nice coin, and good job springing it from jail.
I picked up a cast bar from a German auction on 10/10. Shipments from Italy and Great Britain are faster! It arrived Saturday, or just over a...
TIF, I like how you plan for an auction and pursue selected targets. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am glad you hunt first for Roman Egypt...
I have a longer description of cast money (and pre-money) here: http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/12/aes-money-from-republican-rome-and.html I...
I am not sure this is a normal RS bar. There is not enough here to define the pattern. I can see one well defined line at a diagonal to the sides...
Ancient coins often are less than perfect. Doubling can be seen on all but the cast Roman coins. This one is a bit less common, it is a flip over...
This cast bronze, Ramo Secco, bar is 30 mm wide at the top and 40 mm wide at the base. It is about 30 mm thick, but the top part is only 10 mm...
Sear has two books that cover the RR period, the one mentioned by Doug above and one on Roman Imperators from 49 - 27 BC. The go to book for RR is...
Same here. I am working nights..... booo. That let me pick a time and there was no line at any of the 3 stops it took to vote. When I walked out,...
Pompey [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Octavian and Mark A [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I saw an interesting coin on a stamp today. This one is a bit pricey, but not as expensive as the coin in good shape. The auction has several...
Great coin, interesting coins in the post! My only one is an understrike - [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice desktop Orfew! Mine is water meets aluminum alkyl from a safety demo at work. [ATTACH] You do not want to stand behind a nervous person at...
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