Regulars here know how much I hate cell phone cameras BUT the fact is that many people want to show a coin here and have no better option. I...
I see damage but can't read what is under that damage. The Siscian letter is less clear than I'd like so could be a three. I have no four for...
I can accept the OP as damaged delta so the Siscian letter 4 is good. Mine is A=1. These are not easy to find.[ATTACH]
Perhaps we should note that these and most photos of coins in early publications do not show coins but plaster or sulphur casts of coins....
Geta leading two others riding right on an as. [ATTACH] Next: anther coin with three or more riders
as above but with B in reverse field [ATTACH]
Some of ou know I have been working on a set by officina of the two common ones. I still lack The Jupiter type for officina E. Like this but...
I can't help thinking I would have been better off had I told everyone lies like "fake", "ruined if cleaned" and "too rare to dream of" back in...
While the coin is low grade and reverse is doubled, I found the eye on this portrait interesting. Was the cutter trying to go back in history or...
While I have heard the theory that the later style was better, I never saw it personally. There were better and worse all along. I never...
I agree that is a great Augustus type and one I would love to have. My personal favorites of Augustus all have severe 'issues'. Several came to...
I do not type fast enough to beat TIF. I do not think fast enough to beat TIF.
Every time this question arises, someone posts this link. http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html Did you look there? I have a few coins of...
Those of you that value you collection only for its resale value can take comfort in insurance. Those who have spent a lifetime gathering coins...
Correcting obvious errors in books is both difficult and thankless. We still have too many people who worship the printed word and distrust...
Excellent pictures! Opinion: When dealing with later reports from Historia Augusta etc. we must take anything said as evidence but not...
My Domitian sestertius of the Titus period is Spes and completely black. Your nose seems a bit more hooked. [ATTACH]
Friday, the 21st, was our 50th wedding anniversary. My wedding coins do not include any that lasted so long. Of all weddings, the unhappiest was...
Here we differ. When I believe a seller is acting with malice, I am not happy. He is dead to me. There are too many honest dealers, amateur and...
Wikipedia has a short bit on the two men: Gaius Fonteius, triumvir monetalis in 114 or 113 BC. He was then legate of the praetor Gnaeus Servilius...
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