Denarii did not remain in general circulation long enough after 238 to get heavy wear. How many heavily worn Gordian III denarii have you seen?...
Since BN showed them, lets point out that the top coin is Gordian II and the second is Gordian I. The younger was bald in front of the wreath...
In all honesty, I do not remember when I had 20 coins. In 1986, I decided that I needed to assign accession numbers to my coins and had 44 then....
My favorite denarius of Hadrian is my fourree brockage. There are a handful of this combination known but this one is my only example. [ATTACH]...
Correct. The first Christian ruler was Axumite who beat Constantine's conversion by a few years. I don't have the very first one but this will...
I doubt that the total number of Septimius coins held by regular posters on this list is much over 1000.
We never can get across the fact of ancient coins. A Lincoln cent with mintage under a half a million is a great rarity. PCGS has slabbed over...
Your coin has some deposits on the Palladium. Mine is a bit clearer there but has a flan flaw to its right. There are perfect coins but I don't...
I know I prefer dealers offer more coins with less information since I feel perfectly capable of researching the coins I buy and will be checking...
[ATTACH] My only coin from 238 is Gordian III as Caesar. It should be more rare than the others but because it shows the same person who later...
It works both ways: Anthony for $1.60...
Yes. Used book dealers can choose to be cheapest or most expensive. I have bought several books for one cent and $3.99 postage. There is no...
I got a kick out of these two listings for a book that I find special since I did the photos for it. They were $50 new in 2002. I was given one...
Steve, just how many buyers of $400,000 coins live in $400,000 houses? They may have a $400,000 attached garage. I understand that Michael...
I don't know how to tell apart the three emperors that issued the type at the same time with no left legend or mint with no mintmark. the style...
http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/vespasian-urinals/ I fear there may be some among us not aware that the smirk on Vespasian's face...
Part of the fun of the hobby for those who can not buy every coin they see is research. We have mentioned the separate hobbies of coin cleaning...
I can not help thinking that there was a shortage of skilled engravers so rather than issuing coins done poorly, they came up with a design that...
Nice coin! Can you explain the raised lines from brow, nose, Adam's apple and lower neck as well as out of the back of the neck? They could just...
If you pull up all the coins of the type on acsearch, you will see this is 99% true but there are a few with medium goat with pilei to the sides....
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