It is a sad fact that sellers of coins need to apply some common sense if they are to make more profit on a coin than the post office does. I...
Magnificent, beautiful, complete, sharp, better than I could imagine but I could go on and on saying nice things about this coin for a really long...
Me, too, more than a bit. On top of its general appeal, I particularly like the bold omega at the obverse left which is the big tip off of the ID...
Sorry I went to bed before the rest of you but certainly the Clodius Albinus guess is correct. iamtiberius won this by a few minutes. This coin...
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This is mine. [ATTACH]
Catch?
I thought he meant at the dance. :arghh: Question: Should we expect the coins used to be in our collections or stated whether or not they are?...
There is absolutely nothing that would prevent a separate thread supported by modern collectors along the lines you suggest. I would think it...
Please show the whole coin when announcing the winner.
I recall a lot on star coins being written by Michael Molnar but I never put much stock in the arguments and am not a student of astrology. I...
I'm not saying Mat is wrong but these come with several IMP dates on the obverse and this one is off center enough that it is only identifiable by...
Not only are there several reverses of these, many of the reverses are more interesting than the average. Unfortunately, many I have seen and...
Please explain the process that you used to assign this to Antioch. Where would you assign mine? [ATTACH]
Yes. Perhaps we need to ask if late Romans are often too generic portraits but this is a fine example of what 'emperor' looked like to...
Alexandria, yes; Licinius I, no. Below is a Licinius of Alexandria just a few years separated from the mystery face, I believe Eng should get...
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No. Hint: This is not the most common mint we see for this ruler.
Another word for louse (or their egg) is nit. Another word for coin dealers who drive people out of the hobby is nitwit. See how the two posts...
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