Do you have RPC, and is the reverse type associated only with coins in the time of Nero? Because I'm having a hard time making out the date, which...
I think the coin was abundantly well worth the price, considering the amount of excellent detail. Sometimes I forget that I collect ancient coins,...
A general misperception among collectors of moderns is that because something is old, it is therefore rare. The Romans minted millions upon...
Geo-location of images is a moot point if you avidly trade coins, and you're constantly giving out your home address. A safe deposit box and home...
A superb coin, Collect89, congratulations!
Excellent stuff, PennyGuy and mackwork! Is Bowers' Redbook Guide for CWT's worth getting?
Here are a few of mine, from the Constans 2-standards mint set I'm working on... Arles... [IMG] Thessalonica... [IMG] Siscia... [IMG]...
Thanks for the report! I'm sorry I couldn't join you guys. Great coins, everyone.
They're culls. You could chip away at them with a dental pick, if you had the patience, but I doubt you'd improve them much beyond their current...
In fact, there is an emperor shown on the coins of Pontius Pilate, just not a bust. His name is spelled out in Greek: TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC, or...
Going through RIC, there are some silver issues from Arles with the mintmark CONST, but all of the GLORIA EXERCITVS coins have officina letters...
The grade is Fine, in my opinion. I can't quite tell what the last letter in exergue is - T? If so, that's an Arles mintmark, and it would make...
Can you elaborate on this, or does anyone else have experience with Potin Tets and bronze disease? I have my eye on a few as well, but I don't...
Yes, I read it. It's well-researched, extremely engaging, and your command of the English language is superb. I would suggest you submit it to the...
A page on Sylphium, with numismatic interest... http://www.sylphium.com/html/plant_silphium.php
Here's Fortuna on a denarius of Septimius Severus, holding a cornucopia with something protruding. What is it? As Anonaria, she was the protector...
Civil War Token. In the seller's defense, he did post some close-up shots, but that one really made me scratch my head.
I saw this one in an eBay auction today, made me chuckle... [img]
All other known proto-Nabataeans are overstruck on Ptolemaic bronzes, and most of them are so strongly overstruck that no detail of the host coin...
Here's a proto-Nabataean of Athena/Nike typology overstruck on a Seleucid issue of some Antiochus. I believe the undertype is of Antiochus IV....
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