Please explain how you determined PMD as opposed to being struck on a filed flan (pre-mint damage?). I am not disagreeing but I believe this...
A-noob and I as well as the bulk of collectors are not nearly as concerned about increase of value as you are. Your investment style of...
I believe that there were so many sestertii struck during the period of Antoninus Pius through Commodus that the demand for new coins was low for...
Very few coins of that period were struck even what you might call decently but this is exceptional.
I believe it is a striking error.
Sometimes peer pressure pushes us to do something we might not otherwise do. At Baltimore, I saw this coin and thought that some of the CT family...
The Baltimore show provided two Parthian drachms that are very different from each other. One, I may not have identified correctly. For that...
Mithradates is a well known and significant historical figure. The other is a beautiful coin. Both are popular now and, I suspect, will continue...
I'm not at home with my books today but #3 (Valens) is one of the unusual issues with the officina (workshop) number shown in the reverse field (...
Yes, all this shows is that the last use of the reverse die was after the majority of the IIC coins had been made. What we do not know is whether...
Did anyone mention that the Happy Days joke in this thread was based on there being a character named Chachi on the show. I wonder if the spinoff...
When I look at coins of India and Central Asia, I can not help thinking of that old joke of saying "It's Greek to me". Chach coins have reverse...
Did I mention that I always bought a lot of coins from Jonathan and always like him until he discovered the slab. At Baltimore, after not having...
JBGood: Look at the V in SEV just left of the tip of the laurel wreath on the portrait. As this die deteriorated that V became progressively...
Yes, that galley with ram is a really nice reverse also!
Perhaps I should point out that Martin and I have concentrated on the Eastern mint denarii of Septimius. Some people also collect his Rome mint...
The Baltimore show had quite a large array of Roman Republican coins for sale. I bought three. There were coins worn nearly slick and coins of...
I can not be called obsessed as long as Martin continues to have twice as many as I do. I don't have very many of the IIC series at all. I think...
My Gordian III is actually a 238 issue as Caesar under Balbinus and Pupienus. [ATTACH]
Mine is a nice coin that suffered the indignity of being nailed to something and still has the iron nail head in the hole. I could deal with the...
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