Okey Dokey, I assigned everyone. If you sent me a PM and didn't get a response, please send me another - I've had a lot of messages to deal with....
You do indeed have an eye for beautiful coins! Great collection.
Hey friends, I have 6 new participants, thank you for joining. I will wait until the end of the day and then make assignments.
Nice bust! Those types were struck in such low relief that, as you know, the busts faded out very quickly.
Nice haul!
Pre, IIX, and XVIIII? Never heard of 'em, must not exist. ;) Super job on a great collection!
[ATTACH] Yes, the coin now belongs to Alegandron. That's what happens to your coins when you're a dealer! ;)
There are times when government is powerless to stem the tide of epidemic counterfeiting, at which point weight and style make no difference. The...
Fourrée, but copying the style of the moneyer very accurately. Nice find!
This series was extensively imitated in the region of the Danubian limes. Here's my example... [ATTACH]
On December 25, 333, Constantine elevated his 10-year-old son Flavius Julius Constans to the rank of Caesar, and the first coinage bearing his...
Now that's what I call REAL education! Bravo to all of you. I wish I had known - I would have happily taken a drive down to Tennessee to attend...
Great thread! Technically the language on Nabataean coins (and all monumental inscriptions) is a local version of Aramaic. Nabataean Arabic was a...
Here's a limes denarius of JD that I happen to have. This seems like the right thread for it... [ATTACH]
Good point Jay! I have lots of Canadian money... [ATTACH]
Nice sleuthing Mike! I wish my coin had even half as many nice letters as yours! To have ΡHCAINHCIΩN fully spelled out is phenomenal. Edit: this...
A gram or two down in the last hundred years of the empire is normal, but it varies from king to king and mint to mint. There is no simple answer....
Coin A is superior in strike and style. How can you have chili without beans?
Well so much for the kids' Christmas presents.
Great haul! One might even call it superkalafragilisticexpialidocious.
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