We might differ on who we each think was the ugliest Roman emperor but I suspect Galba, Vitellius and Vespasian would get more votes than any...
It was not one but the trend. On page two of this thread, the Lysimachos has a splitting headache worth calling a 'problem'. The others have the...
This thread is starting to turn into a 'Let see who can post the nicest coin with the smallest flaw" contest. The idea as I understood it was to...
Just remember that the JQA collection was the accumulation of a tourist in Europe and not a noted numismatist. He has some very nice coins and...
There are, according to Shagalov and Kuznetsov some Chach issues that were made both in what they call 'coining' and 'moulding' techniques. I do...
I had never noticed it but the banker's mark in the hair of the coin Carthago does not own is shaped much like the squiggle Antiquanova puts over...
We have to consider Constantine I with Mars which RIC gives about the same date. [ATTACH] This Mars is given as 313 from Ticinum Volume VII #12...
Opinion: Of the '5 good' emperors, the hard one is Marcus Aurelius. I see too many of his coins with second rate die cutting and uninteresting...
The point is that the Romans expected their coins to have a proper amount of precious metal in the coin. To get smaller denominations for daily...
I person could make quite a set of Phoenix variations. The Arles globe shows lines as found on an Armillary Sphere (invented c 200 BC). [ATTACH]
These two sestertii have both been victimized by bronze disease and are now stable for a couple decades but scars never heal. They were treated...
I remain of the opinion that money spent on a hobby should be looked at in the same way we look at lunches and entertainment. You do not plan to...
The fact that the 7 and 42 are proportional to the coin weights make me tend to accept the theory and this coin. I find it interesting that the...
I suppose it is second choice to the popular AE but I rather like the portraiture on the silver. The bronzes are really rather coarsely cut...
The NFA photo of the coin makes it look like there is a flaw on the cheek. Your photo makes it look more like a shadow under the cheekbone. I...
While I have nothing against Tetrarchal folles, I might suggest trying a theme or date collection where you find coins that relate to some...
I am very unhappy with mine. As much as I feed it, the weight refuses to go up. Ptolemy II AE46 90.07g but I know one of our gentle members...
The EID MAR. The Agrippa is a nice coin but most potential bidders on the EID MAR are hoping to buy the lowest grade coin in their collection and...
http://cngcoins.com/Coins.aspx?CATEGORY_ID=5121&VIEW_TYPE=0 The Triton preview page without ID's is an opportunity for us to see how many coins...
I can see the Christian populace of Antioch looking at the figures on this coin as personifications of their city rather than as pagan gods and...
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