Fantastic set, @iamtiberius! I'm still on the lookout for my first Taras. Someday...
Have fun! We'll hold the fort while you're away :)
I don't have the RIC books or know about rarity of late Roman bronze variants, but I like this coin!
Happy birthday! Here's the other style of prutah issued under Pontius Pilate: [ATTACH]
I've posted them many times but here they are again. The virtual tray contains 40 gms less than a pound of Ptolemies. I have several more which...
I've cracked open several slabbed coins. The first few were with a hammer. Turn the slab on its long edge and direct the blows along the seam....
Fantastic acquisitions! Man I love these large Ptolemy bronzes :)
Such a fantastic picture :)
I think in this instance you can blame your CoinTalk friends for being a bad influence ;) I'm very pleased that my evil CoinTalk friends didn't...
A relevant article about rarity was posted today on NGC's website, authored by David Vagi....
My first set. It's a little, uhm, different :D. [IMG] Fancy presentation [IMG]
Was this struck over some other coin?
The seated vs standing abbreviation always makes me look twice too. std = seated stg = standing
Here's my wizard staff. Wanna party? :D [ATTACH]
I officially withdraw my ill-conceived offer to start a fake database here on CoinTalk :D
I've been keeping an eye out for a Noah's Ark coin ever since Doug mentioned them here. It is unlikely that I will find one at a price that is...
True, and creating such a database is a ton of work.
Another great find and fascinating story! This is why I love Provincials :).
Having fakes in a single thread would be cumbersome. I wonder if CT's "Showcase" gallery would work? It would be best to have them in just a few...
Rats, I forgot about Pecunem. There were a handful of interesting provincials I intended to try for and several of them went for very reasonable...
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