Nice little coin! - well, not so little actually. I had feeling you were bidding on it.
That was Vespasian, from whom we get the saying pecunia non olet, which incidentally I don't agree with. Ill-gotten gains = bad karma in my book....
Ok then. Recently our friend Ken Dorney had a book sale and I picked up Hill's The Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Types, an enjoyable read that...
Eh...I didn't mean you. Your tastes are far more esoteric than most! lol
I'm one of the lucky people that got to see the OP coin in person - what a great coin! I'm glad you found it. I suppose if you don't find the coin...
I believe he's referring to the harshly-cleaned ancients posted earlier.
Hey thanks! But sometimes you just can't capture a coin in a pic, no matter how hard you try. Don't be too tough on dealers for that. Coins are...
Eh...you had me going there for a second. After the first sentence I thought, "Well send that piece of crap back and give them a piece of your...
Mikey, you're a coin buying machine! One day everyone on the planet will have an ex-Mikey coin, sort of like the RBW collection, lol. Nice addition!
Fair enough Warren. I'll leave it alone. I'm too lazy to clean coins anyway. :)
Yes, but with some patience coins of this emperor with good clarity are readily found. The error doesn't destroy a rare coin by any means. Here is...
Two more of the Phasael birth commems. The first because it can legitimately be graded VF. With most Nabataean bronzes, the collector has to...
Here's the double-struck Rabbel. There isn't anything special about this coin otherwise. It just didn't fully eject from the dies before the next...
Here is one of the most interesting of all Nabataean types. These were minted on the occasion of Aretas IV and Shaqilat's wedding in 12 AD. They...
Yes, Rabbel II with Gamilat. I have one coming up with a fun double-strike.
Here is a minute bronze from an earlier period of Aretas IV's reign, dated to 4 BC. This coin celebrates the birth of his son Phasael. Phasael was...
And now for the coins you've all been waiting for. Nabataeans! This first is the most common of all Nabs, Aretas IV in a jugate portrait with...
Almost everything I bought was cheap. I'm a cheapskate. I feel that I overpaid on only one coin. Out of 25, that's not bad.
And Julia Mamaea... [ATTACH]
A couple of attractive Severan denarii, starting with Elagabalus and Sol. A little dirty, but it's the sort of dirt that's eye-appealing. [ATTACH]
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