Thank you for the shameless violation of all things good and proper :):):). That is a great coin but the reverse is the 'other' serpent version...
Yes and Macrinus and Diadumenian also are known to swap places. I have not looked but suspect we are reading to much into the situation. I will...
I will continue to maintain that terms like rosette and pearl diadems is an attempt by scholars to force many things into a few categories for the...
Maximinus denarius / VICTORIA GERM [ATTACH] Maximus Caesar Sestertius / Prince standing [ATTACH] The next four are for someone else. I have...
I have often posted the fact that the items highest on my want list are often coins that I did not previously know to exist. My new purchase is...
If we have success at shows, it is by selecting shows carefully. Right now, all shows are cancelled so this thread is worthless but, if they...
Buy many so he can buy even more nice coins, Repeat. He is our local CT late Roman go-to man.
Did you see the coin in both states or just the photo? The first picture with added contrast looks a lot like the second. [ATTACH]
When we give an RIC reference number from this period we must give either the mint (as Victor did) or page number since there would be several RIC...
I find it interesting that the IOVI TVTATORI drew so little interest. Postumus was just a naturally good looking fellow and it is not hard to...
Somewhere this thread on Alexandria became one on Macrianus (who for some reason interests me less that just about anyone who made coins). I also...
I hope you realize that the success of sales depends on many people actually thinking they will have a chance at winning a coin but being...
I have never seen reference to the weight but it certainly makes sense that such an amount would have been set to something 'even'. There are...
Is there an easy tip that allows these four to be distinguished? Later Sasanians used so many mints that it is easy to write off discrepant coins...
Now this is a kind of coin repair I could accept. Rather than trying to fool people into thinking that a coin was something it was not, adding...
Sorry, removed. I posted without checking for ignored posters.
In the interest of equal time: Vitellius used Otho portraits on his early coins. [ATTACH]
The Diocletian was an easy choice for me due to the reverse type which I consider better than many of his. Victorinus is the only tier two coin I...
As I recall there are even dies for Roman Provincials that were used for coins of more than one city. This would occur when coins were contracted...
Some folks would rather have a part legend mint state or an unworn coin with rough surface. Fortunately for us all, there are both kinds and...
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