I would so get that if I could, and post it in every thread.
Very nice coin Doug! I like all the uniquely-Egyptian types. Now you need the elephant and sistrum coins. My favorite of all these issues is of...
Nice coin, Mat, and that was an interesting read Doug. Thank you.
Very, very nice...and I have to add...for a Seleucid bronze. They're tough in better grades. The only two I own are of Antiochus XII and Alexander...
A scarce coin to be sure, and in great shape! I keep hoping I can cherrypick one of these legend types for less than its market value, but it...
Yeah, you got me there. That was a mistake! I meant to include a follis of Constantine I and now it's too late to edit. Oh well, it's a thread...
A bull all by itself can signify any of a number of things, depending on the local culture. The coins you are referring to are actually dubbed...
Constantine V wasn't a relative of the 4th-century Constantines. He was the son of Leo III, a German barbarian! :wideyed: (Whose original name was...
There ya go. :)
It's not mine! Please read the post.
I'll bet you do though. If we include any coinage related to Pompey, it opens the field. Here is a Pontic bronze minted under Mithradates VI, who...
From a vcoins email... [ATTACH] "Gnaeus Pompeius (Magnus) was born Sept 29, 106 BC, to the warlord Pompeius Strabo. The Social Wars of the Roman...
You've got to answer some questions for yourself. Do you like cleaning coins? Or do you prefer collecting them? Or a little of both? You might try...
I'm curious as to why you didn't like this coin. To my inexperienced eye, it looks like a gem. What gives it away as having been "victimized" by...
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A stunning coin from a master engraver. Thank you for sharing it.
Those are lovely coins in my book. I only hope to have a few as nice as those someday. Obviously Gallic Empire coins had not been approved by the...
I've heard lemon juice works, but I haven't tried it. Better to get advice from someone with experience. The first thing you can do, however, is...
Ouch, lol. :confused:
Nice large provincial, Bing. Well-done sir! I don't have any Elagabalus provincials, but I do have one of his brother Geta... Pautalia, Geta,...
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