Both the article I posted and Doug's article pose intriguing possibilities. But they seem to share more commonalities than disagreements, and not...
Here's my best falling horseman, on an issue of Constantius Gallus. It arrived in the mail today. I've really got to be more careful about keeping...
You guys are probably already aware of this site, but I came across an excellent article that proposes the idea that the flans for Ptolemaic...
Yes, quite right. Sorry. So the search for a coin that Doug actually likes still continues...
I agree with you on the attributes of that coin: a strong portrait, great centering, sharp detail, and excellent color. I don't think you're going...
Descending horseman? You Philistine! That would be a plummeting cavalrist. Go back to school! :p
What a great find. Kudos! I wish whoever added the last sentence of the wiki article would have elaborated. How exactly were the coins...
The first R in REPARATIO sure does look backward, but that means the punch would have been engraved that way, so there might be other examples...
Yeah but that's how he gets all the chicks.
heh - I haven't bought ERIC II yet. Too busy spending money on coins.
I like this coin very much, but I'm having trouble with the attribution. ERIC doesn't list the Obverse/Reverse combinations as an As, and...
I agree. However, the Bar Kochba Revolt coins have some intriguing and attractive devices, but getting a nice piece will set you back.
I've heard of holistic medicine. Is this holistic numismatics?
I'll take a shot at the Claudius quadrans... Obverse: Modius with grain ears, TI CLAVDIVS CEASAR AVG Reverse: SC, PON M TR P IMP PP COS II RIC...
It's a hole-in-one. :thumb:
Good stuff, Gil, my junk bin brother. It'll be fun to go through that lot and attribute everything. :thumb:
The shelf-like nature of the doubling suggests machine doubling, in which case it would have very little premium. One finds quite a few machine...
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Chris, get yourself a handful of cheap, scrappy little prutahs. You'll sleep better at night knowing the box is full. :)
I'd never fault anyone for passing on a Nabataean coin. They simply don't have the eye-appeal of other coinages. It's a bit like collecting relics...
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