Pile on thread: I like lions. Below are a few of my favorites. Pile on yours. Commodus Alexandria diobol [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Nicopolis...
This is the case with most later bronzes. Many of the asses appear to have been issued for special purposes/donatives and in much smaller...
Years ago (before eBay and PayPal) I placed a phone order with a dealer in the UK (not a cheap call then) and followed up immediately with a...
He has more Septimius. You lead in horse legs and strange beasts. We all have our 'thing'.
Some coins get no respect. The previous owner of these four listed them as "Irregular denarii" from an "Irregular" mint. I agree with one. Some...
I'm sure you realize that there are no Roman bronzes of Otho. Some sets make do with a Paduan fake which looks good and is not a bad idea in my...
I could not agree with this more unless we wish to allow for a coin being published AND one of a kind. I do not know how many of the coin below...
Do I see a cuirassed bust?
I did not know there was to be another Emmett book. Details?
My most famous coin is Sear Byzantine 1262 (Justinian II) but Roman Bronze Coins 294-364 AD, from Paganism to Christianity by Victor Failmezger...
The early coins while the silver and die work were still reasonable can be really attractive. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Good photo, Smojo! Keep up the good work.
Part of me wanted to question AJ's use of the term 'Astronomical' since I might have preferred "Gargantuan' or 'Brogdingnagian' but I recalled...
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From my book review page is a listing that has a chapter on the Crispus/Fausta matter. It is a good read. Jones, A. H. M., Constantine and the...
I have not seen the 2005 set but there are differences. Volume V is advertised as a revision and my old set of IV and V came in two books (plates...
Bronze drachms of Alexandria like this are about 34mm diameter. Silver ones from other places are half that.
My new coin for today is an AE drachm of Alexandria for Caracalla with Zeus reverse. It has many faults but is better than anything remotely...
Yes, IF and only if you get the ones with electric contacts. These show in the above photo as eight brass colored dots. Usually any set selling...
Hadrian [ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius (Alexandria drachm) [ATTACH] Pescennius Niger [ATTACH] Constantinopolis (Cyzicus two wing version) [ATTACH]
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