Snake was on the list. Were these used in the arena? There are many animals not on the list but I doubt there was a lot of demand for rabbit...
It might be a bit much to assume that all Greek musicians even played with the same tunings or recognized any need to play chords, use 12 tones or...
When all coins in a sale go high, I see it as bad for the hobby since this probably means more sales went to investors. What bodes well for the...
Mine were selected for style rather than condition. I would prefer coins with more bold mintmarks. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I disagree. With the increasing presence of slabs in the hobby, a greater number of buyers are buying the labels and don't know enough to look at...
Septimius Severus denarius Alexandria Apollo [ATTACH]
This sounds like a negative but I see two significant facts: 1. All ancient coins are cleaned. Some are cleaned more than others but we don't...
Wild boar *** Bulls *** Bears *** Deer *** Stags *** Dogs *** Wolves *** Goats *** Antelopes *** Buffaloes *** Snakes *** Camels *** Donkeys ***...
Dad had one from Phillipopolis. [ATTACH]
I know Supporters have a longer window of time that allows editing errors but how long do regular members have? Can a moderator make such an edit...
I don't see it either and don't have a Vespasian but this Titus shows the O location. Any O coin deserves a photo that shows it. [ATTACH]
I don't know enough about Hadrian to comment. Are there any bronzes attributed t Eastern mints or are the choices only barbarous or Rome mint?...
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1495901 The amazing thing to me about this one is how well the eyelashes survived wear. [IMG] [IMG]
Oh, great! Slow typing made my post after the AJ gold 'Superb' owl. How many realize that the term in question with conventional spacing is a...
I agree this is a magnificent coin but I believe that it brings up a good point about why we do not see more posts about these coins. These are...
Those here who have started collecting since the Celator folded could do worse than reading all those back issues BUT you do have to read...
Every year millions of grandpas die leaving junk and treasure for someone to deal with. Of those many have nothing but junk but more had things...
Banti calls them spatiola and burino which I believe are engraving tools flat and fine point.
I believe we need further study on the question of mints. When I was a kid, every town of any size had a CocaCola bottling plant that cranked out...
While I am not a supporter of the theory we only should have just one coin of a ruler, right now I only have one Hormizd IV. Grading these coins,...
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