The multivolume (current) Sear has many times as many listings as the one volume old book but both used numbers starting with one. There is no...
In 1988 Sear (gray jacket) it is 1738. The next edition (red jacket) added a hundred early coins and renumbered the later ones by adding a...
[ATTACH] If we mention it, we should show it. I see no reason to dismiss this coin as an accident or error. The rules of Rome mint practices...
I'm sure I have shown these before but... Vespasian and the boys, denarius, Rome [ATTACH] Titus and a capricorn [ATTACH] Domitian and a wolf...
I'm not sure that is courteous or respectful since auctions are set up to determine the proper price for a coin. When a group decided that they...
Timur tanka with countermark of Abu Sa'id [ATTACH] I have had this coin for several years but never followed up with the study of it that would...
I agree 100%. I only lost one to him today which makes me wonder what was wrong with the others I bid on and lost to someone else or the one I won.
A big problem with uncleaned coins is that they stop being uncleaned when you clean them. They stop being unsearched when you look them over...
Many sensationalist hoard report stories include photos that also cause us to say 'incompetent journalism'. We have seen the use of stock photos...
Hadrian - - left oars straight [ATTACH] Caracalla - left - oars straight [ATTACH] Allectus - right - oars straight [ATTACH] The OP coin had...
[ATTACH] These were made of soft red copper which wore and corroded quickly. IMHO there should be a great separation in price when you get coins...
https://priceonomics.com/how-the-hunt-brothers-cornered-the-silver-market/ Doing the math roughly I believe Sallent's holdings are a bit short of...
The coins of Postumus come in two basic types, ones I can afford and ones I can't. The problem is most of the really neat types fall in that...
Your Deultum reminds me of my desire for a normal legend on this city. My only Deultum Tranquillina confused Greek and Latin and used SEB (for...
At the bottom of this post I will name the ruler shown on this coin but invite those who are in need of ID practice to 'play the game' and see if...
I don't have an inclusive list but: Antioch, Pisidia, Severus Alexander and several others [ATTACH] Ninica Claudiopolis, Maximinus AE31 [ATTACH]...
I almost forgot the very small coin show today sponsored by a small local club with mostly US/modern collectors. While eating lunch I remembered...
Alexandria is often my favorite mint in many periods. Sometimes it is not a matter of 'most lifelike' but there is just something cool about the...
Call it a complaint if you wish but long posts with many similar coins can get confusing if it is not always clear which coin was being discussed....
A bunch of bronzes: Nerva dupondius (Concordia Exercitum - I don't have a sestertius.) [ATTACH] Trajan sestertius (Mourning captive) [ATTACH]...
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