We are all competing for a set number of coins. When there are thousands of coins of similar type, there is no problem. When we want things that...
Denarii of Philip are extremely rare. These coins are double denarii or antoniniani. Note the denomination is misspelled in the images....
I found myself usually buying something I only sort-of wanted because I had eBay bucks to spend but it has been many months since I have earned...
Certainly a modern fantasy, the two sides were copied from different coins. The head is reminescent of the Thracian bronzes with Dionysus while...
Yes, he opposite is also common. Before many of us switched to daylight balanced LED or compact florescent bulbs we used "older" 2800K tungsten...
Yours is a bit exceptional in the amount of the legend that is on flan (at the expense of the elephant). There are several versions of this...
Your obverse appears more red than the reverse. Is this the case with the coin or is it a feature of the photo? Auto color balance on cameras can...
This was the question. What is it? I don't have experience with Valerian's that are what I would call "silvered AE". At some point the mint...
There are dealers who have told me that they can not be both dealers and collectors. I know one in particular that has a wonderful collection of...
A question I would like to see addressed but I do not know how it could be is how different these coins of the AR/billon borderlands were when...
Debasement was happening rapidly during this period so it is not like one day they changed from silver to billon which is, after all just a term...
Unlike so many low end sestertii of DJ, this has a clear portrait and plenty of legend making the ID undeniable. We might not say it is pretty...
If you can get a decent portrait and clear name with bold reverse figure for $12, I'm not sure what more you should expect. Crispina is not the...
I like to distinguish between two kinds if finicky data. If the presence of absence of the C (for example) is significant in the placement of the...
That is my opinion. I can see it being a popular type for use by veterans or fans of Caesar....
Call me unreasonable. I like girls with noses. There are many mint state coins with either poor style or style from a later period when Athens...
Orfew provided the link to an argument against the word Byzantine that has the opposite effect convincing me that Byzantine is a good word. The...
Since this has turned into a mega-thread, lets go for educational. I have seen several antoniniani of this period that were overstruck on earlier...
I suppose I should show this Divus Augustus by Nerva again. I always wondered if it might have decorated the coffin of a very old vet of...
I decided Quiz Revolution was more trouble than it was worth with the few I tried. I do believe that the timer feature is more a measure of your...
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