Does anyone have a beardless Julian II Augustus issue from this period? I would consider that a coin worth watching for among commons....
This makes me wonder if this lot was consigned by someone who realized the coin was special but the auction house did not consider it worthy of...
It is not the number that counts. Randy has that wonderful spiral shield and a few other really great and significant coins. When someone writes...
How does one use this material to make a mold of a coin? How many 18" strips weigh 5 pounds? It has been years since I played with making...
You don't have time. Stay busy saving the world and waiting for the power to be restored so you can see what you are doing. Leave eBay to me. :)
I only have one eBay win this year but have been 1st underbidder on half a dozen other coins. I don't pay as much for unseen coins and prefer...
I think we modern types miss out on how important people of the past considered the value of their money. Late Romans expected there to be the...
Amazing! Is there a reference listing the known shields?
I am not an economist but I can see how it might benefit a very rich man to buy up the few coins that could wreck public confidence in the...
There are a good number of Koinon types of this series and most of them are more than the usual when it comes to interesting subjects. This is...
Perfect coins may be beautiful and bring rewards in the marketplace but these really awful ones are much more educational when it comes to...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html Above is the first of my four pages on the matter. Below are a few. Gold over silver:...
This problem bothered Aurelian to the point that he forced the Roman mint into doing their job with a little more care. His earliest coins look...
If this is a problem, we all could help the matter my avoiding unnecessary posts that result in some threads cycling back to the top and pushing...
SC in exergue means you were looking in the bronze section of RIC. Below is my RIC 148a. It has some double striking making the SC a bit...
When I was in college taking Greek, I found a Greek New Testament in a used bookstore. My classes were all in Classical Greek but I thought it...
Is there one? Perhaps an antoninianus of Otacilia Severa would do. They come high grade (just not in my collection). Finding one that is fine...
Languages change. Greek certainly did and if you ever read both Homer and New Testament, you get that point. English changes, too. One of my...
I believe we agree on what I consider the proper order of acquisitions. I hate to see new collectors starting out feeling pressured to buy an...
Like this type 28 or just the type 29 with six line reverses? [ATTACH]
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