One coin that I would love to upgrade is this Ostia half follis (AE2). RIC says they are common but I have not seen many greatly nicer than mine...
I like the coin. As usual, mine have more wear. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anyone notice that the four coins shown so far have officinae A, S, gamma,...
I'm not so sure we are seeing the big picture here. That is a coin that would expect to bring over the 7000 realization. Compare:...
My error saying friend for son which is even more offensive if you read it to refer to the then current Augusti. Constantine was the son of the...
It always seems a little special when a Provincial names the reverse in the legend. We see a lot of names of magistrates and towns but fewer...
Mamaea?
I disagree here. The Constantine as Caesar in AE1 size is a rare item. Add to that the fact that this specimen was very good looking and had a...
I'm an AE1-4 type. I agree there is ancient reference to the word but I'm less sure it referred to the horseman rather than the hut with horsemen...
Mom says, "Hi." [ATTACH]
I buy fakes when they are cheap and either historical or hysterical: Pertinax - old? [ATTACH] Zenobia fantasy tooled on Flavian as [ATTACH]
The kind of dealer that gets indignant easily does not last long. It turns out he was right since you paid more. I probably would have paid the...
The Macrinus is a really nice specimen. Congratulations.
It is a style and fashion thing in some cases but there is always the fact that dies were engraved by many workers including some that should have...
A problem with ancients is so many of us see things differently when it comes to grade and desirability. I am really hard on rough surfaces...
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[ATTACH] $230 seems steep but it is a good looking coin. Cheapskate me paid $75 for this lesser one which is Augustus rather than Caesar. AE1...
This poor Velia was one of my first Greek coins. I don't know when I got it but it before 1987 when I started my catalog of the 40 coins I owned...
Justin S.90 seems to fit the evidence as presented. I suppose it could be Anastasius S.44 but it would seem best to seek out photos of the three...
To me, that is the point. There are so many, many things for us to know about our coins that are more important than some number that most of us...
I became interested in ancient coins in the early 1960's. In 1969 I moved to Washington DC. After living there 15 years, I discovered there was...
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