I suspect each of our specialties have these same three groupings of which most people can appreciate only the first. I know the Flavians in Most...
Since you picked those particular coins it might be good to add that Diocletian and Maximianus identified themselves respectively with Jupiter and...
A review of this series would be a service to this list. Is there information on the coins or just a list of what exists?
On the left is Caracalla / Mars standing left PONTIF TRP VIIII COS II http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1461868 I see nothing I can...
I'd love to see a coin from that page---especially a bronze.
That is the question. While you have to read any book with a critical eye, some older books are just so out of date that their value is in the...
I'm at our daughter's now and without access to references but as I recall there are Diva Faustina Augusta coins from her death until Faustina II...
Constantine I issued coins for three of his deceased relatives. Yours is for his father Constantius I but they come for Maximianus [ATTACH]...
Does Prieur explain the difference between MONVRB like 4to2's coin and ANTIOXIA like mine? Is it just a catalog or is their text? I've been...
I like #9 more than you do and #2 not as much but overall I can't dispute the order and would be happy to own any of them. Of the top group, I...
That is very special in many ways. We rarely hear someone say their coin is less than its picture.
[ATTACH] Working on this project is going slowly. The above is a 4 image focus stack after I picked off all the flakes of whatever made up the...
Yes, selling them to the public is better than selling them to another museum or putting them in the basement.
I agree. The portrait of Vespasian is particularly well done.
When you support museums that are hostile to your interests either because they despise coins or private collectors, you are part of the problem....
I'm happy to hear of your decision. The coin has many good features and only the rough patches on Agrippa to detract. Post your best photo...
On the contrary, I feel ashamed that my #1 this year was a common and popular type, that there was more than one at the show where I bought it and...
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