I have had two very different from each other for years. Both came in 1989. I would not mind if the light one would speed up the toning....
Were it not for a decision by Suetonius not to write 13 biographies, your new coin could have been worth ten times the price. As it is you got a...
Gallienus, and most emperors that were around a while, have a lot of variety in their coins. They may have had several mints; things may have...
Late Roman mints each played by their own rules when it comes to mint marks and they changed the rules often. You just have to learn the...
http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/Egypt-and-Alexandria-A-brief-numismatic-survey/4?&id=2305 I found several things of interest in the above link to...
I also suggest using Emmett but I have had a few issues here and there. When you see the number of listings marked R5 and that coin was from a...
Sooo.. Its an obol thing. Now I have to wonder if my coin is the one listed or another specimen. It was listed as MTS299 so it would not have...
The results would differ on the best of surveys according to which sales were checked. I used to comment that it was rare to have a Septimius...
I got about halfway through your lead in and was feeling really guilty I did not bid on the Gemini lots I found interesting (not the A-Pi) because...
Gallienus is a rare combination of a coinage that has some interesting types that do not cost an arm and a leg. I'm not saying there are not a fir...
Lets point out that this scale was based on the number of coins seen in commerce and not the actual number that exist or the price of coins sold....
Many new collectors spend $300 on a coin worth $100 while others try to buy a $1000 coin for $300. That last group tends to buy a lot of fakes....
IMO, a basic Caracalla collection requires four coins: Rome mint Young Caesar [ATTACH] Laodicea Young [ATTACH] Rome under 10 Augustus [ATTACH]...
After reading the reviews on the scale Jim linked above, I decided I may not need a new scale after all. My complaints of each scale I have tried...
Considering Aurelian died during the year this was struck, a year 7 (LZ) Severina 4dr of Alexandria is a good addition to represent the time Rome...
You've seen them before. Laodicea Pietas [ATTACH] Laodicea Minerva [ATTACH] Rome as Caesar Sacrificial Implements [ATTACH] Rome quadriga...
No. If you doubted the Alexandrian Hadrian, you might look at this in the same way.
No expert here but it looks like a Hadrian tetradrachm with Athena left with spear and shield Emmett 820 but your seems to read LI which is not a...
TIF's wonderful Elagabalus makes me think of my 'cast in Gaul' http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_049.html as of Geta with...
Does anyone know of any studies on what existed in the way of dog variations in Roman times? A statement in Wikipedia makes the subject sound...
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