London mint as Senior Augustus [ATTACH]
Three 'different' ones Maximianus London mint by Carausius [ATTACH] Divus Maximianus by Constantine I [ATTACH] Maximianus tetradrachm of...
If I had lasted one more round, I would have played my Magnentius overstruck on Constantine II 'slabbed' in 1976 by David Sear. The write up...
I believe I have shown my Caracalla AE39 here before. [ATTACH] My Septimius AE32 replaces the fire with an eagle and shows flan casting voids...
Yes. Commodus did have the coin described but I am unclear on why it was quoted. [ATTACH]
While I agree, I also note that quite a few of these show little casting voids and smoothing scratches that were not erased when struck with the...
Rhodes produced a wide variety of coins with the Sol/Rose motif rather like we see from Athens with her owl. My new one from the Baltimore show...
I would consider it a major coup of collecting if I even saw one of the coins I sold in 1974. The group went to Joel Malter and never showed up...
The lighthouse is given R1 by Emmett which means just about everywhere you look, you will find one. The $1200 coin must have been exceptionally...
I don't expect anyone here to listen to me but we all have been there. In 1974 I sold about 150 coins because I thought I needed the money. I...
[ATTACH] It soon will be two years since I bought that bulk lot of Alexandrians which included 22 of Commodus including the one above. When I...
Keep looking for the XIIII. I'm sure none of my eleven would meet your grade requirements but there are many XIIII coins so your coin is out there.
I certainly hope this is a university collection rather than overgrading gone wild. :) The sad part to me is that it was done when the university...
This happens over and over. It is necessary to get what you want when you can because it is not safe assume that there will be available coins...
It strikes me w have been seeing a larger than usual number of coins of the Lycian Dynasts lately. Two weeks ago, I had none but two coin shows...
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/type33.html Our own Valentinian of Coin Talk has a page on this and most other questions from this period.
Caracalla SAL GEN HVM [ATTACH]
I can not make out enough to be sure it is an overstrike rather than clashed dies. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html I can...
A question: Within the MA legionary series are there sub types that make you want to have two from the same legion? For example, in my legionary...
I prefer to reserve the nasty word 'fake' for modern items made to fool collectors. I refer to ancient items of poor metal including plated coins...
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