Correct on both coins. The Max emperors get a lot more confusion than they would if everyone read every letter as you obviously did. There are...
I started working on a new page on photos to replace the half dozen I already have online. Below is a photo of a simplified but sturdy camera...
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I see the Caesar and the Augustus as fakes but relatively better ones than some. The others strike me as poor fakes not even slightly deceptive....
Computer algorithms price used books according to options selected by the seller resulting is one cent books and high priced ones. We could do...
I believe what you are asking here is cigarette style packaging which read on the pack "These things will kill you and it won't be an easy death."...
Yes. One thing we learn is that prices go up when the economy is good and go up some more when it is bad. The exceptions to this in my...
Ah, yes, prices change. I bought this 1752 book when I was in college ($10, or so?, not really certain) but there is a pencil note in the back of...
There are variations on the theme. Mine lacks the dots on the reverse but the rear legs of the turtle are considerably exaggerated or connected...
We each have to decide whether the minor type will guide our coin selection. I bought the snake biga that came available without thinking about...
I missed the point why so many of you insist in buying from sellers that are, at best, shady. I guess it is just a sign that you are so addicted...
For the record, I loved the Berk book. In fact I loved it so much that I borrowed the concept for my page on my 99 1/2 Favorite Coins which...
That is a very non-typical coin. The name of the ruler appeared on obverse left with only his title(?) PERP (forever as in perpetual rather than...
My beliefs have already been said well above. I maintain that you should not seek out certain coins but let those coins find you. When you see a...
Was it Pliny that mentioned that some wealthy Romans would pay more than face for them? I enjoyed this preview a bit but not enough to buy the...
My set has copyright dates from 1980 to 1982 which I assumed to mean they were released sequentially as finished. My set has book plates from...
There are nice coins and less nice coins. There are good photos and less good photos. However there is one more thing to consider here. There...
The control marks are translated in the front of the first volume. If I had life to live over, I would not buy the books due to the lousy images....
Someone recently estimated a fourree as worth 1/3 of the price of a similar solid coin. I disagree mostly because there are few fourrees as...
http://agoraauctions.com/auction_archive/search/1 Searching on L Thorius Balbus will turn up 9 of these ranging from much better to much worse...
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