Well, what I've gathered so far is this... 1. Licinius I was in control of the Siscia Mint from 311 to 324 so we wouldn't have seen Helena's...
I'm not surprised, after some of the top-shelf stuff you bought recently. But hey, tomorrow's another day and another paycheck, right?
That's an excellent Gratian, particularly the portrait! I was recently looking for an upgrade of mine, and discovered that most of the available...
That's exactly where I stand - reading is cheap. :)
Eh, I overspent myself this month, so I've gotta step away from the auction houses and get nerdy.
The exact same mint and officina, cool! I'm trying to wade through the very technical stuff at the beginning of the Siscia chapter in VII. I'd...
This coin arrived yesterday, courtesy of our fellow board member Nathan (Holding History). I posted it a few days ago in the alphabetical thread,...
I agree. That kind of roughness is far more bothersome than dark toning. But I love your denarius at $36! I'm trying to find me a couple such deals.
Julia Mamaea's distinction may reside in the fact that she had to clean up the disastrous messes that Caracalla and Elagabalus had made prior to...
It's actually very quick and efficient, if you're willing to settle for weak pieces. You don't need to cast blanks or adjust them - just pour the...
Yeah, that's eye-appealing all right. Well-done!
Well, I've waited as long as 4 months for coins to arrive from UAE, and I know licensed antiquity dealers have to go through a bunch of paperwork...
The same is true for many of the coins that interest me from the Near East and Arabia, particularly from the Judaean and Nabataean cultures. The...
I wonder it they switched to a 5-pointed star in order to differentiate from the Star of David. The current Morroccan flag also has a 5-pointed...
I was expecting to see that coin in this thread, Chris. BTW, I have Lindgren volumes II and III coming my way this week, so I might be able to...
Great coin, great post, TIF. Judging by the fascination we still have with meteorites today, I wouldn't doubt that the Sacred Stone of Emesa was one.
You should know better, Chris. It's like the Hotel California: you can check out, but you can never leave.
Well the six-pointed star is generally associated with Judaism - the Star of David. So probably some sort of religious tokens were made from the...
So it seems RR tracking is useless. I've got tracking numbers for packages coming from UAE, Cyprus, and Israel, and none of them give me any...
Well for $24, you can't afford not to buy the coin. I recently got a small follis of Constantine V, and it's the same deal: some of the design is...
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