My recollection is that there are more Trier mintmarked coins that strike me as probably unofficial during the VLPP period and through the...
This is an example of the only type of Mamaea using a portrait without a diadem. Juno Conservatrix is shown with a peacock. Mine is unusual in...
The guy was friendly and said he had other things on eBay but I forgot his eBay name. I guess that is something a shop might want to consider...
There must have been a group a couple years ago. There were many offered and many, like mine, had very chippy edges. There are about half of the...
Today I drove my wife to an eye appointment in a part of town new to me and killed some time in a brick and mortar coin shop which had very few...
My new arrivals from auction included a five coin lot of Republicans which, as expected from lots, included a few coins better and a few worse....
I like your violent reverse. My favorite Geta is this as with Geta leading two Equestrians. Geta seems to have liked horse types. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I believe these three kings have not been posted yet. Please let me know if you disagree with the ID's. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My guess is that many coin types were copied from earlier coin types rather than thought out as appropriate for the time. Perhaps this is why...
Postumus has some really rare and interesting types (none of which I have) but, like Gallienus, some types were only made in the years of bad...
That is a good question but there certainly would be a point where enrichment would require removing more copper than would be practical. My...
Nice one, Steve. The Mariniana you missed was much better metal and had good Peacock detail which bidders including you valued over the portrait...
Another new coin from today's haul is a Postumus antoninianus that I did not have. I have a weak spot for Postumus because he is so very...
I'll start off my new arrival marathon with two Romans struck from the worst alloy used for coins: billon. Each of these were made at a time when...
I can not read the coin but that portrait is not Constantine II. The shape makes me think of Licinius I. If you have to guess, it makes no...
The doorbell also rings for those of us who buy 10 junkers in one sale rather than one nice coin at the same price. When I get photos posted,...
I'm not sure there is a single right answer here since people who consign coins vary on how opposed they are to getting coins back and a return of...
Lets be careful to recognize that not all Shekels of Tyre are equally desirable to the Biblical interest group. The coins were struck in more...
I see two completely different factors at work when considering here I buy a coin. There are coins I really, really want and coins I would not...
VΠ ΙΟVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV Julius Antonius Seleucus http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html The above page is really handy giving the...
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