Well, I opened my big mouth on a thread awhile ago and said I still had no Severus in my collection. @Sallent took pity on me and offered me a...
Well, I now have an Augustus, Titus, and Domitian. So there are nine more to go. I'm wondering about the feasibility of finishing out the last...
Here is a link to the story... http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/05/31/2200-year-old-gold-coin-discovered-in-egypt.html A pretty rare coin...
According to Archaeology, Constantine's giant finger (from his colossal statue) has been found in France. As it turns out, the piece has been in...
I'm curious if anyone on the Forum (e.g., ancient coin devotees) have ever heard of a coin die being recovered? It seems interesting that no dies...
A temple dating to the reign of Antoninus Pius has been discovered near Siwa Oasis, the famous place where Alexander consulted the Oracle of Ammon...
since I joined Cointalk.com. Just wanted to say thanks for all of the wonderful posts, valuable scholarship, and things I have learned since...
I just received this one in the mail from @John Anthony 's auction of last week. It features the emperor Titus, A.D. 79-81. I am quite pleased...
I picked this one up in @John Anthony 's sale of two weeks ago, it is an As of Augustus. This brings my total 12 Caesars' coins to 3, so I have...
I thought this is an interesting item in the news......
The tumultuous year of 238 was one of the most chaotic in all of Roman history. The coins presented here are in my collection, with the exception...
Born in Samarobriva (Amiens), Gaul, Magnentius was the commander of the Herculians and Jovians, the Imperial guard units. When the army grew...
Here's one of my Frank Robinson auction wins that arrived in the mail today. A Sestertius of Severus Alexander, A.D. 222-235, an emperor who...
I've got a few bids in, hoping I will win a couple. This time I made relatively high bids on some underpriced coins hopefully that will deter last...
I recently picked up a Constantine II as Caesar in @John Anthony 's 2nd to last auction. While I had a couple from uncleaned hoards I was looking...
New. A coin of the separatist Roman-British empire struck under Carausius. Generally, Carausius coins are somewhat rare and will set you back a...
While I had a Constans from an uncleaned hoard it was not appealing to the eye. So I took the chance to upgrade in the recent @John Anthony...
I found this fun quiz on the web. You have nine minutes to name 76 emperors up until the split of the western and eastern empires. I got 64 out of...
Here is my last remaining inventory of uncleans, hadn't had a chance to go through them and attribute some of the buggers. Lots of culls, too,...
This coin is courtesy of the FSR auction of last week and was received Saturday. Hadn't had a chance to photograph it til yesterday. Vetranio was...
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