This is why we need a better image. I might be imagining things here but the mintmark may read SMTS which is Thessalonika. IF and only if that...
A rule to remember: Constantius Gallus was the junior assistant or 'Caesar' of Constantius II 'Augustus'. They issued the same type coins but...
The question comes up rather often. Do we need consistency in the way we use terms? Do we call it o/s if the new application looks like a full...
As I read this theory, it is fine for you to pay more than me but when someone pays more than you they are violating your rights? I greatly...
I missed it,too, and have no idea how. Maybe I decided I could not limit myself to 5 (or 50)? I am offended by being compared to an average...
an as with aegis [ATTACH] In case anyone missed the point here: 'Weirdo' is a complement in this group. If you are not just a little strange,...
RIC is a book series Roman Imperial Coins. There is a series in progress for Provincial coins but not all the volumes have even been begun....
I'm rather sure the coin is a Provincial of Gallienus. The city and reverse will take longer. It rather reminds me of the Iconium with Marsyas I...
Judging from her composite, the thing she quotes as missing is what hangs down below the neck, behind the ear so any coin tight at the bottom...
I have known and admired Barry for years but never more than today when he posted more truth than we get here in many months. This should be the...
You did not read the same stories I did. Both said that the Egyptian tourist folks hoped such trinkets would restore what they lost in the 2011...
[IMG] [IMG] Another coin with a less clear strike of that c/m [ATTACH] https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=207517 Read bottom to top at...
I guess this means 'another member' can stop feeling guilty for ripping you off in that trade??? We all face the question of lots. If you buy...
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/uranius_antoninus/RIC_03.jpg Compare die. Is there a conventional wisdom explanation to a male rule whose...
The Forvm list also lacks my owl [ATTACH] Another region rife with interesting countermarks is Phoenicia. Aspendos with the bull of Ba'al...
One of my favorites is this barbarous sestertius of Claudius which was certified as suitable for continued circulation as a dupondius by the c/m...
For many years when I was younger, I benefited from knowing people who looked at past auction catalogs as scrap paper that piled up and cluttered...
Sometimes we just need to throw them up in the air and pretend it is raining coins. [IMG] Take care if you collect Aes Grave. :shame:
I guess we all have our place in life, our reason for being. Often mine is to show that there is a cheap option for those of us who are not ready...
I have never been sure of the status of the 'dupondii'. Many seem barbarous enough that I wonder if they were copies of the double sestertii but...
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