For some reason, I had never picked up a coin of Maximinus until last week, so here it is. Maximinus' story is quite interesting. According to one...
Here is a recent arrival, an AE2 of Magnus Maximus. He ruled from 383-388 in the Western Empire. Initially, as commander of Britain he led a...
Here is one of my coins I received in the mail today from Frank's auction of 2/6/2018. It is a nice heavy coin and looks good in hand....
Jovianus was commander of the guard under the emperor Julian and accompanied the emperor on his Persian campaign. When Julian charged into the...
I just came across this somewhat surprising article on the web when doing a google search. Apparently in 2009 a guy with a metal detector found a...
Closing date is Feb. 6 and there are a lot of nice coins. I bid on 4 coins, all of which I had to revise my bid upwards this morning. Good luck to...
My latest acquisition is a tetradrachm of Numerian struck in Alexandria, Egypt. In 282, the legions of the upper Danube in Raetia and Noricum...
Here is another one of my new coins courtesy of @John Anthony . This one was purchased at a bargain price, but in many ways it is a nice coin....
Caius Pius Esuvius Tetricus (also seen as Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus but better known in English as Tetricus II) was the son of Tetricus I,...
This one comes from @John Anthony 's auction of last week and arrived in the mail yesterday with two other coins I won. For the price, it can't be...
I was delighted to receive the new Feb. 6 auction email. I've already bid on 10 coins. This time I hope I don't fall asleep at the switch! Zzzz......
This one comes from @John Anthony 's auction of last week. The portrait is exceptionally nice and gives us a good idea of what Gallienus' wife...
Since I joined the Forum, April 28, 2017 I have been amazed at the kindness and generosity of the members of the Forum, both in sharing comments...
I picked this one up from @John Anthony 's auction of last week. I used to have an Antony of Legion VI in my first collection that I sold, so this...
I just found this link which is quite interesting. The article talks about the coin types of Hadrian, their frequency, and the hoard evidence....
Well I finally made it over to the CNG web site and looked at the auction scheduled to close on January 17th. Some really great sestertii at low...
Has to be my large Julian II ! something about it is very attractive. I have added 30 coins to my collection this year. I may or not be buying any...
I posted this in Galba 68's brick thread but since it is an interesting little story I thought I'd repeat it...it touches on the issue of what is...
I just got this one in the mail yesterday courtesy of @John Anthony - it is a nice antoninianus of Phillip II as Caesar. Something is very...
Here's a nice one from @John Anthony 's most recent auction. It features Domitian on the obverse with a very good portrait, attractive green and...
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