Nice coins, John et al! I particularly like the Telesphoros and have been keeping an eye out for one. My only Deultum at the moment: [IMG]...
What a great year you had! The JC portrait coin is my favorite but not far behind are Sabula, Marc Antony, and others. As usual, your writing...
Apameia, Phrygia. The reverse is Marsyas playing a double flute. BMC 62 and others. You can find pictures in Wildwinds, CNG's archives, and the...
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I regret that kindness :D. At the time I wasn't quite as committed to collecting Roman Egyptian coins. That A-Pi Taurus really belongs with me...
Tough call. Not sure which one I'd keep.
I keep a database of purchased coins but have not, and do not plan to, tally the money spent. Ignorance is bliss :D.
I suspect the number of active ancient coin collectors is in the low five figures but that is a pure guess.
I've picked up a few large mixed lots and they were tons of fun. Zumbly scored perhaps the best mixed lot I've seen, chock full of coins which...
When I posted my sole temple coin yesterday I didn't count a coin won just a few days ago. In an impressive feat of post-auction processing and...
That's a wonderful assortment! Welcome, Erin :)
For the same money or a little more you can get one with better details. Here is a link to current Vcoins offerings with search term "phoenix".
I wanna go! :( Have fun, everyone!
You will find it on the same Wildwinds page as the last coin you posted for identification.
Perhaps I should start drinking in order to give me an excuse for some purchases :D.
You are not alone :D. I picked up a nice Roman Republican at auction and have no memory of bidding, although I do recall the auction and another...
What a nice variety of eras and temple styles, everyone! Somehow I haven't yet purposefully acquired one, although this provincial was in a...
A seashell and dolphin? What's not to love? :) I hadn't seen the type before. Nice find!
What a wonderful coin, aesthetic and historic! Congratulations :)
For clarity's sake I've pasted these two posts together so it wouldn't look like Valentinian was calling the Elagabalus a Marcus Aurelius (JBG's...
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