It's a lovely example of the type, Ken, the absence of the mint mark not withstanding. These issues really should have been bigger - a quadriga on...
Well, I learned something new about the Claudius Consecratio issues. I think I saw the OP coin on eBay or maybe vcoins if I'm correct. I remember...
You should probably wash it.
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarus was actually one of the chief players in the drama concerning the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the...
I have not seen a mummy reverse on tets before. Marvelous!
It's all a matter of personal taste, but the beauty of the coin far outweighs the scratches in my book. If you don't like the scratches, by all...
I'll wipe my nose with my coins if I feel like it, thank you very much!
Many of the Roman Provincial prutoh were actually centered pretty well - they were just unevenly struck for the most part. These earlier Hasmonean...
There isn't a simple answer to this question, but it boils down to differences in style, type, and legends, and involves some extrapolation. Coins...
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Fifth. They run A, B, Γ, Δ, S. A is recorded in the B.M., B in Spink, Γ, Δ, and S in the Vienna Collection. RIC rates them all scarce.
RIC VIII Constantinople 11d is an argenteus. I've double-checked this attribution and it's correct. Calling it a siliqua is merely a dealer's...
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The OP coin is indeed wonderful. I wouldn't say one in a million, but easily one in a thousand. Doug, your example is also of John Hyrcanus,...
Wampum. Just to make it interesting.
I was willing to go to $15. I'm reckless like that.
A couple from Marcianopolis. Sev, Phil and Ota. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No sir, he does not. He abhors it!
Mat hates LRB's, but he's in no danger of my sending him any. :)
Here is the rest of the set, from Alexandria, Arles, Nicomedia, Roma, Siscia, and Thessalonica. [ATTACH] A couple of the mints, Antioch and...
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