The sestertius is very nice for these. Of all the Septimius legionaries, over half are LEG XIIII GEMMV. The others are not spread evenly with a...
The aurei with two holes at the top are often found in India and can be real or imitative. I have no explanation for the third hole. See this...
You have to wonder how those books got to that store. If they bought a library of someone who would appreciate those books, there should have...
Oh, its been done before long before now. Whose picture and inscription is on this plated coin? The reverse is Commodus. [ATTACH] Ajax'...
My worst Imperatorial coin was once an Antony fourree. It still is fourree. [ATTACH] The best coin of one you have two or more identical
Tougher? Many Emesa types are a little tough. The COS obverse rather than COS II is tougher. [ATTACH] Any VICTOR SEVER is a little tough but...
The question is more whether the coin is already damaged under the green. Removing it may work but it may reveal something less good looking....
The experience of an eclipse is the eerie light that come with the event. You'll see the actual eclipse better on TV. It is a lot like a pro...
Just an opinion: the danger of their products is inversely proportional to how familiar you are with the real things. The ones that strike me as...
I was away watching TV and missed the call for travel coins. Alexandria is ordinary but scarce. [ATTACH] The series comes in gold and larger...
This is a wonderful coin. Shame on NGC for selling slabs that do not even mention what was on the reverse of such a coin! If you collect these,...
This strikes me as a Provincial of Geta rather than a Roman as. The letters gamma epsilon are just right of the portrait.
I'm always interested in reasons for liking or not liking coins given by non collectors. Trajan has hundreds of types and this one is a nice...
I wonder if you can get in trouble for naming your wine after a kid. Of course Maximus Caesar is one of those people whose exact birth date is...
It would be interesting to know if they have identified a die duplicate coin of if they are assuming things here and there.
I suspect Butcher and scientists like him would say a hoard of over 9000 silver coins of which only 160 were denarii is evidence that denarii were...
I hurts me to see such nice coins with a photo appropriate for a drivers licence. Years ago I hosted a coin club meeting at my house and shot...
To me, the presence of the N's is less of a problem that the tree style being Trier. RIC lists a FH with no officina right before it moves on to...
They also come spelled out. Common and varied seem appropriate for the bronze fractions that accompanied the silver tetradrachms. Do we know the...
There was a time that Decius attracted extra attention since the Pope he killed was Fabian but today you have to be a certain age to remember why...
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