Sorry, I don't know how to discuss the issue of regulation without interjecting some politics. I don't think it's possible, so I will leave it alone.
Perhaps not in this case, but in many cases, regulations are a tool used by edited - that's stepping just a bit too far over the line there
I have MacDonald but I'm not at home at the moment. I'll look it up later tonight and see if he has anything more specific to say.
The owl looks like a cast tourist token. The two coins of Himyar look good to me. In that condition they are worth about $50-$75 apiece in the US...
Cremna was a city in Pisidia, of which very little is known. Its site was identified in 1874, but very little of its structures remain - just...
Mt. Argaeus was by far the most repeated theme on the coinage of Caesarea Cappadocia. It is found on almost every denomination of every emperor. A...
It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the busts of Aretas IV and Malichus II, but the busts of Rabbell II are easily...
I haven't had time over the past few days to participate, and you guys have left me in the dust, so I have to do some backtracking as well. Here...
I love the book, but don't have it. I saw a copy at NYINC earlier in the year, but wasn't ready to drop $200 on it. Just out of curiosity, what...
To answer your question directly: totally unpredictable. Since hybrids, and all unofficial issues comprise a tiny fraction of the coins on the...
Actually, that coin is pretty damned good for the type. The bronzes are sometimes struck wildly off-center, and they have a much, much lower...
Absolutely beautiful, two thumbs up!
Volume V is the shakiest and most incomplete of the whole set. I recommend RIC V online, here. The database holds to date more than 4540 entries,...
Wow - cool little bronze! I love it.
Well I just found my new wallpaper!
It's entirely possible that it's a Gaulish manifestation of Apollo, but it could also be local deity unrelated to the Greek pantheon. The problem...
Apollo varies quite a bit from one city to another, and also depending on the time period. Here's a little montage I put together specifically for...
The history of Bostra has already been mentioned. Here are some of mine, a camel drachm of Trajan, a JM/Tyche type (probably the most common coin...
Here is my FORVM gallery, which at this point is a record of all the coins I've sold over the past couple of years. If you absolutely insist on...
Wow, nice site! The provenance page is a great idea.
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