[ATTACH] While not the same die, this is another Elagabalus LE obverse showing the lettering layout.
There are those of us who do not consider the coins in our collections to be our property free for us to do with as we please. Instead we hope...
While the larger AE1 coins of the Tetrarchs may satisfy your desire for a big coin, I'd suggest you try a sestertius from any time before Philip I...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/chinese-a-few-cash-arrived-today.233123/ I tried to get interested in cash a few years ago and posted the above...
I'm very fond of the Rome mint look for CI. We really don't know his exact face but I like the OP look. A few others from Rome: [ATTACH]...
This is a very nice example of a common denarius. Those of us (me) who don't require every coin be perfect don't spend $800. I have a normal...
Another from Rome with both side drapes hanging down: [ATTACH]
This is a nice coin and unusual in that it is Rome mint and has drapes hanging down on both sides of Venus. Either left or right is much more...
When dad died IVN became MAX and some mints spelled it out that way. The cool ones to me are the ones where his brothers that never were IVN also...
My recent experiences with large lots has been good but I will point out that you are at a severe disadvantage to people who visit them and look...
Sorry, I am in Indiana away from books on a wifi connection that is so slow I can't search much. The face is either Elagabalus or Alexander, I...
Regarding rarity: I was impressed by a statement in Keith Emmett's book on Alexandrian coins. He rates rarity on a scale from R1 to R5 but states...
Be quiet! How can you dare question an eBay seller with over 166000 feedback? We would not want that JAZ guy discovering the secret of success...
Be quiet! How can you dare question an eBay seller with over 600000 feedback? We would not want that JAZ guy discovering the secret of success...
As a member of CT since 2009, I apologize for any part I had in attracting a crowd of ancient collectors to their peaceful little family. Other...
I am visiting in the land of spotty Internet WiFi connections and have not seen the results. There was one lot that had three illustrated coins,...
Anyone have one where Nero is better? Not I. [ATTACH]
Something to remember about horsemen is that they are extremely common as a group but 90% of the total count are the small, late, poorly made ones...
RIC 53 vol VII page 475 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=730125 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=730126 These two were from the...
Considering Aurelius Victor wrote within a decade of the time of Decentius, I fail to understand why we always see the 'probably' in descriptions....
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