When trying to rule out possibilities for a portrait ID, don't forget to check who produced the reverse type. If a legend starts CONSTAN you...
I bought it when Barry was dispersing his collection in 2002. I wish I had bought more then.
Two moms and a grandma: Julia Maesa, reverse Fecunditas with two children [ATTACH] Julia Soaemias daughter of Maesa, reverse Juno [ATTACH] In...
Thirty years ago there was a favorite dealer that sent me unillustrated lists calling some denarii 'barbarous' which allowed me to buy them...
Show please. No fair teasing.
Can you explain the date 'year 90'? I went looking on past CNG sales and found a couple marked 97AD but with no explanation. I see nothing that...
I hear 'maybe' and 'a bit'. I am obsessive in different things and there is no 'maybe' about it. The question is what is the significance of...
Would you comment on the decor of your globe (as on my Arles coin)? [ATTACH]
2 each Philip I and II tetradrachms from Antioch: The first Philip I bears the MON VRB mintmark but I am not sure whether it was just the dies or...
This is Emesa and quite a reasonable example. I believe my obverse die is a bit earlier than yours but it is the same type. They are not all...
It is always nice to see things we have not seen every day. The soil in Sicily seems to be hard on our treasures. Mine are not identical but...
I find interesting the attitude that new finds are so important to the market. We see many dealers offering a large number of coins that all look...
Four from Rome: Victrix (back and front), Felix and Genetrix. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH] Syrian mints and Alexandria have Victory...
As I recall the story, the Georgian wife was a Christian and the king bent the rules because he was quite smitten with her. Later, she converted...
There was a time I was proud of my 1.06g obol but now I feel fat shamed. It is almost as thick as it is across making it hard to photograph. The...
We all peak at some point in life. In Commodus' case, I believe it was when he was very young. Some of his best portraits were from his time as...
I believe it is official. Certainly there is a range of degrees of barbarism but this one looks quite 'normal' The reverses are usually bad...
Of all mints of Maximianus, the ones I want most are the British (C and L) used by Carausius when he was trying to convince Diocletian and...
Ticinum offers a couple opportunities for confusion worth noting. Both are illustrated on the Probus below. Mintmark TXXT shows the first T...
Urban myth: The unusual thing is for a very wealthy person wanting coins rather than paintings (Van Gogh and better?) or the like. In his book,...
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