Ancients are just like US coins in this respect. Abe Lincoln faces right on the cent while Thomas Jefferson faces left on most nickels but 3/4...
I saw two interesting points in Steve's proposal. Note how he tried to turn our heads by calling us sweet names. Geek Pride is in the house....
Each of us can have our own interests. If you get interested in something really 'out there' you may have trouble finding someone else who cares...
Steve's coin is a different but similar issue of C Piso rather than L Piso. Gaius was the son of Lucius (LF after Piso) and copied his father's...
In all honesty, I don't care much for any of my coins of either of these rulers. I am not terribly hot on anything I have from RIC 9 for some...
Consensus? What consensus? I'd sell all three and buy one I liked. To me the interest in this type is the array of minor devices and numbered...
295 is Constantine II; 303 may be Gratian but that photo needs work; 313 is Constantine I. The rest have been covered, right? I would not suggest...
Yes! There are plenty of good ones - even the same type. Learn by seeing questionable coins but let some one else buy them.
The problem with our hobby is that coins are prices according to demand and $5 coins are, by definition, things that have little demand. I do...
When I see a thin, oversize flan, I consider the possibility of a flan made by hammering flat an earlier coin. I can't prove it but the coin is a...
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