I am in the process of changing the way my collection is stored so I am handling every coin as I write up the new ticket. Most of my coins have...
I agree that is a magnificent Gallienus and something anyone should be proud to have. However there are people who would hold it to the standards...
I can't add to the name game but here are two different Volusian options. The first is from Provincia Dacia which is easy to confuse for the...
I believe every die was given a different number/letter/symbol and this was a huge issue so there are hundreds of them. I have to admit a...
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17192/17192-h/17192-h.htm If you can't afford the real (but not top end), give her the best edition in virtual. I...
I'm not Jeff so I will keep my preference to myself but researching this turned up an example of something worth keeping in mind if profit is your...
I might suggest that there are many other ancient coins much harder to find in perfection. Even in sestertii, show me your Valerian and...
I have to agree that the WL halves had something to do with my being a coin collector, too. Of course in the 1950's many of them still circulated...
Would you survive giving her something like this? [IMG]
Does she read these or are they untouchable? BTW, When I was in High School, Lord of the Flies was popular reading but we could not tell the...
I know this thread asked for tets of Diocletian but by the time I got here all the types I have had been posted and the thread ran off chasing...
There are many suggestions of ignorance in the press but the people assigned to cover coin stories are a special breed. Oh, that these authors...
Yes, but why did the H make the singles and not the shared coins? Also, the shared coins do not claim the title Augustus. Perhaps they were...
As common with most antoniniani of the period, the two headed Antioch coins had a workshop letter in exergue of the reverse. This is always under...
Ancient is old. Archaic is the oldest of the old. In terms of Greek coins we usually call the issues of the first half of the 5th century...
I really wish more of us could agree that coin collecting does not have to be a competitive sport. For that matter, I wish more of us could agree...
If a coin sells for ten times estimate, do you get an attaboy from management?Whose fault is it when a coin fails to sell? I always assumed that...
A nice tie to a specific battle is the coin from the Miracle of the Rain where Mercury was credited with sending a storm into the face of the...
I still do not get it. Sure all coins had to be on a string but a sting of 50 seems a lot easier than 100 halves.
The reverse is particularly well done. I find it also interesting that the reverse legend curls at the bottom so it stays on the flan while most...
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