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That's a wild and crazy coin, Steve, and I haven't seen that graphic before. I have now stolen it for my own use.
This is another series that some collectors disparage because certain types are so common. I'm not passing judgment on anyone's collecting...
She doesn't slice them up. She cuddles them.
Very nice! Btw, I think I found your recipe on the web... Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny...
Those are beautiful coins Doug! I assure you that I use the term "boring" with the utmost sarcasm. I have yet to meet an ancient coin I found...
It's a lepton of Alexander Jannaeus, king of Judea from 103 BC to 76 BC. This coin is very likely the "widow's mite" that Jesus references in his...
Bro, you gotta lay off the airplane glue.
In fact, of all the types posted in this thread, that's the one I'm going to keep my eyes open for now!
It can have both connotations, much like "bad" can mean bad, or colloquially, really good. I was referring to the rough obverse, but no matter. We...
I agree. The type doesn't need to be disparaged. There is as much to collect and learn about as in any Roman series.
Except for Bing. :)
I assumed there was something much deeper going on than eye-appeal. Thanks for the explanation!
Another Diocletian, a $5 win on eBay. The reverse is a bit over-cleaned, but it'll darken up over time. Very nice color and strike on the...
I love the thousand dots on Aurelian's breastplate. That is beautifully unusual.
Those are lovely, Z. Well, except for the Tacitus - that one's rather gnarly, lol.
One of my favorite coins of Diocletian has a double-struck reverse... [ATTACH]
Likewise.
A larger Maximian ant from a few years earlier than the reduced folles. I got this coin at the Gettysburg show last year for $10, simply because I...
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