"For the moment" will not last long. This is the common portrait type and I would really prefer the cow or eagle, etc. but this will go higher.
My first thought was that it was fourree with very tightly attached but thin worn plating. Looking again I decided that it was more likely solid...
I would like to know just how many Provincial types of Gordian III there are. There are a couple parts of RPC volume VII announced but I'm not...
Septimius has several denarii with Jupiter but I believe the IOVI PRAE ORBIS of Emesa below is the first of his. I am not aware of a IOM type for...
In my opinion the Probus is the lesser of the two because it is the kind of coin that you could have found nicer for very little more. The Balban...
How many different dealers did you actually buy at least one coin from and how many did you search in earnest but not buy? At Baltimore, I rarely...
Regarding the rarity of Pescennius Niger: Most rare emperors come to market in relatively few types. We see a lot of the common types whever a...
The lack of an IIII sestertius for so long brings up a point I fail to understand. The Republic had a lot AE denominations from semuncia to as...
I believe a lot of it is timing. The end of the denarius and takeover by the antoninianus probably resulted in a shortage of circulating silver...
Steve or anyone: Do you have any idea if the ERIC lists take into account that some examples have sold more than once in this century while there...
The T in Pater has the notch. The one in Patriae shows enough that I do not believe the bar was made in one stroke.
Have you ever noticed that many first century denarii use a T style where the top bar is not one line but two short ones meeting in the middle...
Randy means the book. The secret of buying used books is finding ones the current owner considers used, out of date and on a subject that no one...
I will not be able to visualize this interpretation until TIF publishes her diorama on the subject. A lot depends on whether yo see the diagonal...
We regularly get into discussions here on what is fraud and what is just smart business practice. We allow buying low and selling high. We allow...
Gordian I and II never got to Rome where their coins were made. I see no reason to assume they ever saw one. They would have been ordered by...
This venue is the opposite of another we all know which has a rule of one coin per thread. We regularly include a line in an opening post asking...
"Unfortunately counterfeits are a fact of life when purchasing ancient coins. Were recommend that you educate yourself by browsing counterfeit...
Dealers have to sell so they can buy. Those of us who collect are more likely to buy high and sell low. Would my family have starved to death...
This last type leave us with the question of what is being shown. Is the unarmed small figure the previous owner of the helmet and shield at the...
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