The Gordian photo does not make it clear whether the dark material is core or encrustation on top of the silver. Less brightness and better focus...
According to Emmett, year 12 for Diocletian was year 11 for Maximianus and year 4 for the Caesars.
Septimius Severus Alexandria mint denarius ROMAE AETERNAE [ATTACH] Septimius Severus 'Emesa' mint denarius ROMAE AETERNAE [ATTACH] Septimius...
No salute here! If 1579 is too early for this concept then you are denying the existence of Giovanni Cavino and his place as the father of...
Do you think I could upgrade my coin with a sharp pin and some patience? [ATTACH] The serious question here is whether the tooled and...
Charles is not rare and has coins of all denominations and price ranges especially when you consider how many are in low grade or damaged. I only...
It is easier for me. I collect coins that were made to be spent in their economy and only became collectible at a later time. I suppose I would...
My coins are ordinary in type and spelling but appealed to me for reasons that made them the right coins for me. The Juno denarius is an unusual...
A less popular type is this fourree which lacks a portrait. [ATTACH] Unusual for my coins, this capricorn is not fourree. [ATTACH] Another...
Where did the Legionaries fall? I assume the coins for LEG XIIII were made over a much longer period since they are nearly as common as the rest...
Someone once pointed out to me that the split between Sofia and Varna suggests theft at Varna because of the relative lack of rare coins in the...
My favorite Augustus is this Lugdunum as with countermark of Tiberius. [ATTACH] Most of my Augustus denarii are fourrees. Of them, it is hard...
I suspect we all see what we want to see. This is my coin in which I like to see Didius. I don't believe Didius was around long enough to have...
Denarii of Commodus after his father died are often small and poorly made. The rulers that followed him restored a bit of the loss but the good...
The Alexandrian AE of Aelius like this hemidrachm are unusual in that they have a reverse legend other than the regnal date. OMONOIA isnamed in...
Thank you, Justin Lee! That shows that the software here is advanced beyond my understanding of it but ......... I still would like to be able to...
Technology is a problem. When we get a new tech-toy we immediately set to wishing something better, faster, more powerful, easier to use,...
I did not know that! I worry that I post too many repeats to mega-threads like this but have no inclination to reviewing 47 pages to find my nine...
When I go to shows, I carry an old RSC volume 1 which has line drawings that I like better than the photos in the later books. I have been...
The legend in exergue continues from the right side Γ ΝΕ-ΩΚΟΠΩΝ honoring the third Neocorate temple of this city. My coin below has a different...
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