Definitely. Few of us remember when people though it important that a silver coin marked ten cents would contain ten cents worth of silver. I...
Many dealers sell at shows, sell on eBay, VCoins and on their own site. This only becomes a problem when they neglect to keep each venue updated...
Just to save time would it be easier to post times when we did jump the gun and posted photos too early and did not regret it? I am not defending...
There was a time that ethics was expected but now most buyers continue to patronize sellers known for problems. Certainly sloppy is better than...
I know nothing about Middle English but find it interesting that in Greek the w letter form was used for the long o sound 'omega'. Related?...
I had not realized it before but there is some irony in the fact that Antony's rare legion that is causing Bing trouble is the same number XIIII...
All dots are not equal. If someone researched the matter and discovered a meaning of the dot, I might have more respect for the dots but just...
New words and new uses for old ones entered the language every year since the language began. The example in this link was used in 1992 but more...
I'm missing something here. They sold the coin in a previous auction but never delivered it and that winner did not raise the question strongly...
Early Postumus and Valerian/Galienus are in no way bronzes. Shortly afterward, the antoniniani certainly were bronzes. We seem to have went...
It does not fit in any of the official mint descriptions as usually described. The metal is too poor for the date. I would call it uofficial but...
That is an opinion matter. Some people would consider Valerian the first of the late emperors or at least admit that he is not far from that line...
I'd start looking in the Julio Claudian princes and turn the revers upside down. This is not my specialty so I can't just name it.
I also have a problem demonstrated by Claudius II coins. I like the style of some mints much better than others. I like the reverses used or...
I am not sure when they started with the silver wash over coppery colored coins but early Val/Gal were decent silver looking coins without it...
Why choose? Part of the appeal of Claudius II is that he offers so many coins that you may not have seen often or ever and so little competition...
Mine is only a 1/3 stater but shows a strong double strike on the reverse making the grain have two center ridges. Note the incuse outer ring of...
This Heraclius of Sicily (SCL) Sear 883 was overstruck on an earlier Sear 869 of Constantinople. It arrived loose in an envelope having cut is...
Thanks to Mike for linking to my page on Aureolus. I conside his name attached to coins little more than a ploy of dealers to sell coins. They...
https://www.treehugger.com/culture/a-shrewdness-of-apes-and-other-odd-group-names.html I was always of the opinion that the list of group names...
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