There was a time I intended to get a set of these by mint and emperor but interest waned and I started selling off the ones I found less...
While I have a few Alexandrian 12 Caesars coins, none of them make my favorites. IMHO the golden age of Alexandrian coinage come with the 'Good'...
I have never seen a mixed language one but can not explain the meaning of every letter here. Mine below is officina E but still K-V which I have...
They also come fourree (buyer beware) [ATTACH]
Please explain how this avoids theta. Diocletian spelled out L ENNATOV to avoid it on this Alexandria tetradrachm. [ATTACH] Next: show another...
Show us an ancient coin slab marked 'details'. All ancients are cleaned; some are cleaned better than others. The ones with an inch of dirt on...
I regret skipping my afternoon nap. Everyone knows Santa does not come to kiddies who stay up! Both are nice coins. IMO, you got a good deal....
This is a prime example of a type style common at that time. IIII is M, II has a tiny connector and is A The other letters are pretty standard....
Play with tilting the Histiaea and the Sardis obverses a tiny bit so more light reflects off the face and there is less glare on the hair. a...
I find it amazing that the three wives (one repeated) of Elagabalus each have coins dated to two different years. It took skill to time it so two...
The lion is definitely more fun but Aurelian also had a somewhat skinny 'whale'.[ATTACH]
I updated my site almost every week from February 1997 to September 2003 when I retired and slowed up buying coins since I was on fixed income and...
My favorite is the Constantine eros mark from Rome. They come in two reverses and for five rulers. R EPW C officina (here gamma) The monogram...
Since it was mentioned, we need t show the relately common Vespasian. [ATTACH]
Aurelius as Caesar, Alexandria drachm / Nike [ATTACH] Next: another Alexandian coin of a Caesar (not Augustus)
I have an opinion on everything but I don't expect any to be majority opinions. On this, I prefer posts that either ask a question or provide...
I see nothing in my post that could be taken to suggest I doubted the coin. I don't know enought to make that kind of post on this series and was...
This is not a matter to take a poll on. Listen to TIF. This is slight drapery. I personally could care less about slight drapery and the...
Question for our Carthage specialists: Are the various poses seen on these horses significant in identifying the denomination or do they have any...
Humor me: Explain for us all how you tell "intentionally blurry" from plain old garden variety bad photography. I can deal with people...
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