This little gem arrived yesterday. I knew the silver in the dealer's pic was more glare than silvering, but that's fine. It's an FDC LRB anyway,...
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Also, Randy: that's a category 4 FH: Horseman on horse slumping forward clutching horse's neck. I haven't seen many of those in such nice...
Hey, welcome to the forum. Are you saying you're related to the ancient emperor?
Nice pick-ups Randy! I'll post my most recent Valerian, which literally flew out of my store. Oh well, love 'em and leave 'em. 3. Valerian,...
Careful Doug, you could blow up the neighborhood with that contraption.
Marvelous coins everyone! I have no left-facing members of the Tetrarchy, and I think you're right about the scarcity Doug, despite RIC. I do like...
You won't get much help from us ancient folk.
Yes, it does. It's the anchor countermark found frequently on Levantine issues, sometimes associated with Seleukid re-monetization.
Quite right! You get a gold star for bolstering the economy. ;)
I can go even lower if you PM me here and we make a private deal. Check it out....
Get off your lazy butts and buy a coin! I did my part - let's see yours!
This entire period in the Levant is fascinating to me. You've got all sorts of events that make for interesting numismatics: the decline of the...
This countermark was once thought to be the head of Apollo, but current scholarship assigns it to Cleopatra VII. The evidence seems to fit quite...
At the end of the Second Century BC, the decline of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires left a power vacuum, and a number of cultures in the Levant...
Super coins guys. YOC, your reverse is Roma seated in hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre. Some varieties have wreaths and stars in the...
I'd like to see them! The centering on my coin is unfortunate, but it's always a trade-off with Gallienus.
Quality control went to hell during Gallienus' reign. Nobody's quite sure why, but if you want to see a lot of crappy coins, he's your man....
The price quotes in this thread are spot on. The Gallienus animal coins are a dime-a-dozen in poorly-struck examples, especially when it comes to...
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