I have always been impressed by the number of Geta reverses that were not used by Caracalla or Septimius. I wonder if he showed a personal...
My Nerva as has been posted here many times before. [ATTACH]
A French photographer in the late 1850's published a stereoview still life of which I show only one side below. Among the objects included in the...
Ticinum does have the series I consider most interesting. On these the six officina codes are mirrored by the letters of the code word EQVITI...
This sestertius is my entry in the cute Caracalla contest. [ATTACH] The reverse legend SECVRITAS PERPETVA guaranteed that things would go well...
I always enjoy the opportunity of showing my Phocaea again. From my Tiny Treasures page: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/tiny.html [IMG]
I have to ask: Of all the coins in the sale, what made you choose this particular Probus? I have several Probus coins but none like this. It is...
Until the very end of the Republic when we start calling the coins Imperatorial rather than Republican it was most common for coins to be issued...
Post pictures. Let us know if there is something we can do to increase your enjoyment of your inherited coins.
For some time I have used trays of small plastic tubs with foam inserts to hold my very small and very oddly shaped coins (like the teeth from...
Since you included one and only one cash, it might be fair to ask if that is a minor, minor interest or if there was some particular reason that a...
How do you describe that head decor?
A thunderbolt would make all the difference.
If I were going to install such an item, I would insist on a statue in the pose common on coins. That Zeus does not have the regal look needed....
I hope you will post individual coins with full explanations as to what made that coin worthy of your interest. I passed through a period of...
The bronzes are later and harder to work into the denominations as I understand them. I only have a couple but do not know how they relate to the...
Sets are what you define them to be but I see no way a full denomination set will come in under $1000. If you will not be using the full set, you...
Thank you very much. It is hard to see why some little things get separate numbers when most things do not. I never thought about measuring the...
Four of five local school districts canceled school for Friday and announced it yesterday. The only one that held out was where my grandson...
Thanks to you both. I feel bad not finding that H16.248 but the Running script will take some getting accustomed to. This confuses me greatly....
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