My first ancient was a humble Falling Horseman type of Constantius II, for which I paid $7 a few years ago. I collected moderns in my 20's, but...
Nice Mat! I hadn't seen one from Quintillus yet. She seems to have fallen out of fashion by the time of the Tetrarchies. I don't see her on coins...
This denarius was minted in Emesa in 194-195, during Septimius Severus' campaigns against Pescennius Niger in the East. Fortuna Redux smiled on...
Fortuna Redux was the tutelary of the emperor's safe return after travels abroad. She was introduced as an aspect of Fortuna in 19 BC, upon the...
Wow. Nice! :wideyed: Not your everyday LRB.
A charming little coin, and really the best example of this type I've seen. Great find!
Here's a mystery coin along the gist of this thread. RIC records the obverse legend IMP CMA MAXIMIANVS AVG for Cyzicus, but epsilon//XXIdot is...
Welcome friend. Here are three better coins of Theodosius II from my collection... [ATTACH]
Each to his own, but I like the second one as much as the first. Plenty of good detail.
What am I, chopped liver? :) As frustrated as I get with certain volumes of RIC, I thoroughly enjoyed hunting down your coins and learning...
$10 seems low. I'd offer $20.
However, Sol left with whip and bust left is not a common variety. I would buy it at the right price.
They have enough coins now. It's time to release them so that I can buy some.
Forget stars and pluses, I want the coveted "Winna Winna Chicken Dinna" designation.
Lol!
None of the Macedonian tripod issues are common, so yes, maybe rare, definitely at least scarce.
I understand that it's difficult to take the word of strangers on an internet forum. You could send the coins to David Sear, who is a world...
Perhaps, but Martin has put the matter to rest.
The serious collectors of ancients understand the complexity of assessing coins. It seems that only newbies from the world of moderns are...
I've always suspected something of the sort. I'm glad to hear an experienced numismatist confirm. Collect them as artifacts I suppose, but even...
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