Nice! Here's my gold fanam: [ATTACH] INDIA, MYSORE Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799 AV Fanam (6.65mm, 0.35g, 12h) Dated AH 1199 (AD 1785.) Patan mint...
Nothing super special, just a nice crisp Gallienus antoninianus from Antioch, which also happens to be a somewhat less-common type depicting the...
Ancient coin collecting doesn't have to be expensive! Nicely toned Classical Greek silver, ex BCD Collection, for $80: [ATTACH] THESSALY,...
@Blake Davis Thanks! Valerian issued a type showing Vulcan inside a shrine with his hammer and tongs. It's a smaller, less detailed depiction of...
Here's an interesting new addition! [ATTACH] CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS, AD 268-270 BI Antoninianus (20.87mm, 4.33g, 12h) Struck early-mid AD 270....
Coinage in the Roman Economy by Kenneth W. Harl is a great source for this kind of information.
Here is one of my latest ancients, an auction win that turned out to be a major rarity! [ATTACH] MARCUS AURELIUS as Caesar, AD 139-161 AE...
Whoa! @cmezner - congratulations on such a fantastic acquisition! That is a rare and expensive type, very hard to find! And it happens to be my...
Wow! That's an amazing job! Well done!
Very cool!
That's a really cool overstrike!
Wow, you're going out of 2024 in style! That is a marvelous portrait of Septimius Severus. And the other coins are superb as well. Couldn't ask...
Very sad news! My sincere condolences to his family and friends. I did not know him beyond the Forums, but his contributions there were invariably...
Sure, glad to help out. As far as a possible date for your specimen, I can't say for sure and I don't know if anyone else could beyond a guess....
It's important to know diameter and weight when considering questions of identity or authenticity. That said, this certainly looks like a cast...
I've also got a soft spot for C-C-Claudius, ever since reading Robert Graves' novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God years ago. Accordingly, I've...
Here is a fun one: a sestertius of Vespasian which was misidentified by the dealer as a COS III issue when it is actually COS VI (as you can see...
Here is a new one I got recently: [ATTACH] PISIDIA, ANTIOCH Time of Antoninus Pius AE (14.26mm, 1.30g, 6h) Struck AD 138-161 Obverse: ANTIOCH,...
Yes, thanks for posting! The book of Acts is rich in small details like that, and is partly why I find the book so interesting. I read an article...
Too funny! :D:D
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