Bing showed the Rome mint coin under Caracalla. This is the Eastern ('Laodicea') version under Septimius. [ATTACH] Next : A Provincial with...
Seriously folks, if any of you ever buy a coin from a seller who can not or does not describe this level of tooling, you deserve what you get. I...
Holed, cracked, green encrustations, worn, part legend BUT this was the first of my Legionary denarii and I was then proud to recognize it as LEG...
https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-Their-Values-Seaby/dp/B0000CM3UW/ref=sr_1_27?keywords=sear+roman+coins&qid=1578754635&sr=8-27 I assume the...
This Papius has everything I wanted in a coin except for the weight adjustment gouge that ruined the face. Oh, well! [ATTACH] Next: a coin that...
My favorite is the Titus elephant because of the clear, round ear. I believe your Pertinax is Alexandria mint (by style). When these first...
Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus issued the commemorative of the 200th anniversary of Actium in the form od a copy of anAntony legionary denarius....
Phocaea 5mm 0.1g 1/4 obol 6th century BC [IMG]
This was true in 1974 as I recall but not nearly as true as it is today. The sellers I knew way back when did not regularly carry rough and...
Marcus Aurelius / Mercury - Miracle of the Rain issue [ATTACH] Nerva dupondius [ATTACH] Gordian III / Hermes Nikopolis [ATTACH]
Excellent coin! Have you noticed that the major megalomanics in Roman history tend to have gained their position not from who they were but from...
My favorite Titus is this Eastern mint bull. The coin was said to be ex. Mabbott collection but I do not have that catalog to check. [ATTACH]...
Great! Now the important question: Wat would have been the chance that you would have recognized that was a coin to buy had you not seen it...
I regret coming on this thread too late to correct it but it really points to the need to read legends and not to assume letters that are not...
When someone wants to start into Nero Imperials, the easy ones are asses. Silver and sestertii are expensive but the smaller AE are not as bad....
Nero has a better variety of Alexandrian tets than other emperors until Pius set a new standard. Very popular are his dynastic issues. This is...
We have failed before on Nerva tetradrachms. Someone needs one. Fourree can mean gold over silver. There are copper over iron ones but I have...
My coin adds nothing to the question but here it is anyway. It is shop five, dresses Virtus (Mars was not so well attired) adds a wreath and a...
We can only wonder what led to one type being radiate and amother laureate. I bought mine as an example of yellow brass without patina back when...
There are two good shows a year at NOVA in Annandale next 25th of July and quarterly in Vienna with the next on the 25th of January.
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