https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinus VK's new coin is far better than what Honorius got. VK got a very decent silver bust but all Honorius got...
I'm Scipio-less (to use the term coined above) but do have a Memmius as shown by Volodya. I am weak on the details of which partisan belonged to...
JB's coin has a lot that I look for in one of these. The flan is large enough to contain the design even though the obverse centering is not...
Am I correct that we have no idea at what value these circulated? US Civil War tokens were quite obviously made to replace unavailable cents and...
I remain amazed at how good the gold is compared to the bronzes of the same rulers. A bronze half this clear would be considered a nice specimen....
The current fad is very condition centered to the point that coins may as well not exist in some minds if they are not FDC. 200 years ago, rarity...
'Experts' don't 'expertise' ancient coins based on seeing a photo. Perhaps we amateurs should not either. Sometimes, usually even, we can state...
I am torn on this subject as to which end of the wild coins I like better. I do like the really wild and crazy barbarous ones but sometimes we...
While I have double strikes that I really like, I prefer doublestrikes. At the moment, I'm in Indiana and away from my catalog with catalog...
Really big Ptolemy bronzes are bank breakers but middle size ones are cheap in moderate grade. There are many Roman Provincials that are big and...
It is a little known fact that young Valentinian II liked to dress up as earlier emperors. Here he is pretending to be Nerva....or maybe it is...
I love the Gallienus whom I always thought was a little primitive for not trying to save his father. My strangest strike is a double almost but...
Julius Caesar and Augustus (missing here) / prow Lugdunum half dupondius [ATTACH]
What evidence do you see that the coin is cut for change rather than broken? If change, it would seem to be over 3 asses which would be unusual....
This passes the usual limits of coins going over estimate. Which is it then? Did we all miss something here that two very wealthy bidders saw?...
If you are near Baltimore (in Chesapeake Bay region so it is likely), you should go to the huge coin show at the Convention Center this weekend...
There was a time not all that long ago when it was considered the sign of being well educated to have education in Classics including Latin...
A question for all but especially the most wealthy among us: If you had to select your favorite ten coins and your most expensive ten coins, how...
It doesn't look broken as much as it looks like the last flan poured out of a group an just ran out of metal before filling the mold.
For the record, I don't call this an Aurelianus either. [ATTACH]
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