Worse, it is not mine. There are many front half animals on Greek coins but the rear end is woefully underrepresented.
It was $15.50 postpaid in 2012 IDed as what it is on eBay. I thought I had a link for NGC by numbers but my number on this one does not work on...
I was more referring to the gold aureus version of the EID MAR type. One is holed (currently on loan to the BM, I believe). Others have been...
Sometimes we are faced with a choice of a smoothed coin or no coin. You can be a purist and insist on no coin but that is hard to do when you...
This is a great coin. It is interesting how long the low production of bronzes lasted. After a real glut of coins under the Antonines and a good...
It is hard to find this type with the bow and the dagger on flan. I'm happy with mine even though the bow is partial because the crown is clear....
The reason not to buy that coin would be if you are one who wants a nose on his Athena and a tail on his owl. I would much rather than one with...
The coin is of Aurelian not Aurelius. Compare to the RIC 345 example about 3/4ths of the way down this page....
I glue in a couple cardboard dividers making the long box into three shorter ones and reinforcing the box at the same time. You do have to be...
The general style here was issued for about 200 years. Experts divide them by small details of style and fabric into quite a number of groups...
This is a dupondius as indicated by the II in exergue. In the time of Nero, not all dupondii had radiate portraits. Mine still is a dupondius but...
Your Domna has to be my favorite. Sharing an obverse die with my Venus denarii with odd reverse legends suggests we need to study more here....
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The reason we think of Egypt is they did him well. This tetradrachm is Commodus. [ATTACH]
What we have here is a good example of the advantage of online posting over books. If you discover, after seconds or years, you made a mistake,...
Wow! is he really holding his hoof over his head to protect his head? Should we mention that Sirmium large also comes in Gallus? The size went...
At some point along the list (whichever you use), you will pass from important people whose existance defined Rome, the empire to people who were...
Denarii of Julia Domna from Rome with Venus shown from the rear have three variations separated by the trailing end of drapery wrapped around her...
I used to consider myself a fan of minutiae but now I reserve my admiration for things that I see even a slight chance were considered meaningful...
I hope you weren't talking to me. My opinions are a matter of public record. I do not own a bound copy of the book but still have the stack of...
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