Well if we're doing just any old jugates, I've got a box of them in the Nabataeans. Here's a set from Rabbel II, with queens Shaqilat (his mother...
There is a discrepancy in RIC. The quote from p. 76 suggests the years 205-208 for the generic types, but the attribution in the list of coins...
It's a good point. In fact, Scaurus was notorious for his cupidity. He was accused of extortion while Praetor of Sardinia, but Cicero got him off...
A little reading up on these, plus some pics in the sun, and full attributions, in chronological order... [ATTACH] Caracalla, AD 198-217 AR...
Here's a thing I found in the FORVM store that I had to have simply because I've never seen one, and I collect all manner of Levantine things. A...
That may well be the result of the pickling process, and it may be something we just have to accept about denarii of this era. If it can't be...
The question is existential. Even given the fact that some of the accounts of Caracalla may be exaggerated, he was a ruthless, selfish piece of...
A beautiful coin with beautiful color. Well-done!
Well I do it all the time with the Arabian/Levantine stuff I collect. So I hope you don't take my comment as a negative judgment. But as far as...
In another thread, we were discussing the "pickling" process used to leach copper out of the surfaces of denarii during this period. So it stands...
This lot arrived yesterday - they need some study. I just took a few quick pics this morning. I've already discovered that Serapis is a common...
Um, well...I love you Mikey, you know that, buuuut...I suppose if you absolutely MUST have a Livia then each to his own. I don't think cleaning...
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In fact, I think I'll start marking all my tags with prices like $2.50 and $1.75, etc. I got your back fellas! :)
I think those high prices on dealers' tags are also attempting the psychological ploy of making a buyer feel like they got a super-duper bargain,...
A rugged tetradrachm IS pretty in my book. The Emmett provenance is certainly desirable, but I am not one to be bothered by coins with lack of...
In my opinion, $195 would have been a full retail price for the coin, a little on the high side, but not unfairly so. I'm glad you got a discount...
Thankfully it's off to the side.
Another great coin. Mikey, you are an RR buying machine!
Wow, that's laughably horrible. Reported.
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