I'm not sure what you want them to do. the header states: High Quality Museum Restrike Electrotype Replica and each lot points out that "These...
I could not agree more but, really, when we have to protect ourselves from 'problems' in this manner, what is it we are getting out of the buyer's...
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1495826 Technically speaking the above henchman of Licinius is not even the only other Valens since there...
Thanks for the excellent post. We have here a good example of the other side of our hobby from the one most commonly considered. The finest...
There are a lot of variations of these in both style and the letters under the pomegranate. Mine suffered from bad cleaning and remaining black...
The legend look clear for -SIVS PF AVG at right. If Arcadius, you need to explain that S. Is it SMKB Cyzicus RIC 23? This is not a rare coin....
From http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ go to type 20 and click to get to http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type20.html where we are told which...
I would have guessed Galerius. I do not have this in that ruler but show a similar reverse from Carthage of Maximinus II who is ruled out by the...
ex Frank Robinson 1999 - my only Soaemias [ATTACH]
Is it some kind of record that a thread got 'Featured' three years after its was started? While not high grade, I do like my Caracalla with a...
My last comment to Bing was that I would buy the coin if he didn't. The JQA attribution may be less than concrete but it means more to me than...
Every one of us has a provenance. Some of us don't know who daddy was. I have 16 great grandparents and know the names of 8. One of the 8 is...
While S sometimes mean secunda (2nd), here it is the Greek letter for 6 in a series that goes A, B, gamma, delta, E, S. Different mints used...
All three are nice specimens for their types. As a challenge, I'll ask anyone who has one to show their nicest specimen of the Raja Raja Chola...
I do not know enough to be certain but I am less than sure about the ID. I see no obverse legend but the portrait is either Aurelius or Commodus....
LK is year 20. Year 12 would be LIB
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I am sad to report that this coin has been repaired and is not in slabable condition. It was sold in the Trident sale of 1899 where it was...
Completing my pickups from the Richmond show are three lesser coins. Oldest is a 138 BC Republican with Roma and the common reverse of the...
In popular mythology we hear of only one lion: Nemean. Digging deeper, I find mention of a lion of Cithaeron killed previously and used as a...
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