Great history lesson, map, and coin! Here's mine... [ATTACH]
I'll take Detention with Cameron Diaz for sixty-nine, Alex.
I think it's clear that the silver "coin" is a practice piece for a fake aureus. Buyers of S.S. aurei should beware. (Not something I need to...
That's the real issue. If you're looking to add another emperor that you don't have, do you want a coin of uncertain attribution? Do you want to...
A very nice coin, spork. The significance of this type is that it represents a break in the Roman Provincial prutoh. These coins have inscriptions...
Spoken like a successfully married man. :)
It looks cast to me as well, but I feel sorry for Bing. Strike two.
I hope you're being tongue-in-cheek.
Baltimore had over a thousand tables. Maybe 10 were dealers in ancients. That's ok though. More for me.
Fouree mules exist. Just sayin'.
I'll give you five bucks. :)
Speaking of annoyances, don't you hate it when you've put 47 items in your vcoins cart, and they clear the cart! :mad: I was going to buy some of...
Wow, that's a beauty. I'm looking for a Moneta type myself - I would be glad to have yours!
This coin joins my veritably burgeoning collection of Arcadius' bronzes, of which I have a grand total of 1 other type. This is an AE4 with a...
I always love seeing that siliqua Steve. Nice find!
I came across this AE2 of Arcadius tonight for $19, which I think is a reasonable price, since comparably graded examples at vcoins are going for...
I have seen the OP variety before. Unfortunately, the dealers that had examples for sale knew exactly how rare they were, and charged accordingly....
Superb detail on that as. That's a coin that could have been tooled and smoothed, but it was fortunately left alone.
The Roma-Seated coins of the Constantines are by no means common. I passed on one of Constantine I recently, because the desert patina looked...
Ake-Ptolemais, Seleucid Era. AE12, 1.5g (Denomination D); 126/5 BC. Obv.: Jugate heads of the Dioskouri r., wearing laurel wreaths, surmounted by...
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