I've gone into obsession mode and skipped meals myself. It happens. We're not robots.
It's positively shameful TIF. :yuck::yuck: You send that piece of crap coin over to me now, hear?
"The Gelatinous Demarcation Between Official and Barbarous Emissions of the Gallic Empire" Somebody should write that book.
Well, if you look through listings of coins of the Gallic Emperors, it seems to me that variations in official style can sometimes go out into...
I agree that it looks barbarous, but from what little I've researched Gallic Empire coins, the line between official and unofficial can get very...
I reread the chapter on Hadrian in RIC, and it would seem that military themes are extremely rare on his coinage, outside the occasional portrayal...
You're thinking of the Janvier Reduction Lathes, but they are no longer in use. Today's technology consists of milling machines that carve the...
Well, that's far more representative of the type. It's rather like collecting the ants of Gallienus. You can cherry pick the nicest coins, but...
Well, I had two hours at the end of the day, and I couldn't afford to waste time asking every dealer individually - there were about 80. I will...
Lovely coins! Who was the new dealer, and how did I miss him at Gettysburg? Perhaps he packed up before I arrived, which was late on Saturday. I...
I don't have any positive feelings about him. I just find the recent historiography interesting. There is never only one way to interpret the past.
Ok then. I've got a collecting goal for this month. :)
Pecunia non olet! Here's my ten-buck Licinius... [ATTACH] You did better with your $10 than I did with mine. You know, it's funny, but I...
It's Sunday afternoon, Steve. Good coin-buyin' time. Get off your lazy bum and post a NEWP. ;)
A marvelous coin! James II's history is a fascinating read, particularly because it was revised so radically over the last century.
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Yes sir, I plan to do that. :)
Assembled a tray of Greeks today... [ATTACH]
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Hey friends, I just won this ant of Tetricus, my first. In some ways, it doesn't represent the vast majority of these coins as it's well-struck on...
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