Bought this Trajan denarius awhile back, and - like the Domitian denarius I posted about awhile back - I'm only now getting around to working on...
A few months ago I was putting together an order from a dealer on MA-Shops - a couple different coins. I was looking to see what else they might...
Hello to all my fellow CT members! I hope that you are all doing well. 2023 has been a great collecting year for me. As a relative newcomer to...
A week or two ago (as some of you who are also on Numis Forums may have seen) I mentioned that I had a major milestone coin coming in the mail....
Yes, I like my denarii. And as I've posted before, I enjoy collecting interesting as reverse types. But there's something special about a...
A while ago I bought a group lot of 4 small Greek bronzes. Normally, I'm not much interested in these types, but they've all proved interesting in...
I was looking for a filler coin while putting together an order recently, and an antoninianus of Carausius caught my eye. It wasn't in the best...
In Savoca's recent Silver Auction (171st) there was this little Claudian bronze coin from Alexandria, Egypt. For some reason it just appealed to...
You know how it is, when you're browsing a coin auction or store, and a coin suddenly "jumps out" at you? You immediately recognize it as...
IT'S HARD TO THINK of a more iconic figure from ancient history than Alexander the Great, or a more consequential one. He succeeded his father...
Good day everyone! Hope you are all doing well. Last time, I posted about a very rare as of Trajan. Today I want to show a much more common coin,...
Recently, I’ve been collecting Roman As coins with interesting and unusual reverse types. Part of this new focus comes from my interest in the...
The ancient city of Akragas came into being around 582 B.C., as a colony founded by Greeks from Gela, a city about 40 miles to the east. The site...
Not too long ago I was taking some updated photos of some coins, and doing a bit more research on them. In particular, this little group of small...
Hello everyone! Hope you all are doing well. Here is an interesting coin type of Constantine I which I have been looking forward to for some...
I don’t know who comes to your mind when you think of the quintessential Roman military Emperor, but for me, I think of this guy: [IMG] (Bust of...
My birthday was just last month, and for a gift my wonderful wife told me she wanted to get me a nice coin cabinet! I had been looking at ones for...
Lately, I've been taking an interest in the life and times of Constantine I - an individual, and period of history, that has had a tremendous,...
Like many collectors, I have a loose mental list of specific coin types I would like to obtain sometime - kind of a lifetime coin wish-list. Each...
Recently I acquired a coin which was sold as "unlisted in RIC". Upon receiving it I did a close examination and could not find a coin exactly like...
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