I am a strong believer in the idea there are no Laodicea IMP VI or VII coins with all reported being failure to see the I or II beyond the point...
I may never understand why no one outbid me on that lot. What did Clio and all his ilk know that I missed?
One point I fail to understand is why there are dozens of different coins but almost every one is an R5 in Emmett. If there are dozens of unique...
I consider this great advice. Of course I disagree with many points made in this thread and we have covered the question many times as it applies...
Legitimate? I'd call them really excellent. Considering our timezones, there is never a hour that there is not someone awake appreciating these...
Smyrna issued Pseudo-autonomous issues which are not rare. I believe the seller's ID was comparing the coin to one like this sold by CNG:...
Does anyone have a Provincial with a big chin? I don't. Alexandria tetradrachm Maximinus year 3 [ATTACH]
My best Constantius II campgate was bad and is serving time in solitary confinement. Coins need to learn that identity theft is just as serious...
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond has more Greek than Roman but they do have a so-so statue of Septimius Severus and a decent full...
Two AR diobols from Taras in the 4-3rd centuries BC show two views of Hercules (Herakles) and the lion. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My two are the same design but one is an AR tetradrachm and the other AE13. How many of the bronzes equaled the value of the tet when issued?...
Perhaps we should mention that the same cow/calf type was also used from the city Apollonia. Both used magistrate names as shown above but...
I have no AE to share but this is the Antioch AR tetradrachm of Otho. Antioch was not the most original of the coin issuing authorities. The SC...
Excellent die style! Look at the face on Hercules. My favorite Caracallas are all bronze. Sestertius as Caesar / Minerva [ATTACH] Alexandria...
I like it very much. If we want to be really picky the spacing of the legend should move the O next to the Y since Greek used the diphthong OY...
While I agree Grandpa's Athens tet is not good, it is wholly inappropriate to pronounce it fake compared to one genuine but very different coin....
The series comes with letters and stars in various places but we really do not have an answer to the 'why' question. Often it seems they changed...
I am 100% with TIF on this and suggest you either forget about sets altogether or be very careful how you define your goals. Both TIF and I...
I'd call it a nice start for the set. I was once told that these were hard to find but that is not true either. There are harder ones if you...
This stereoview is c.1970. Note the dirt floor. [IMG]
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