I'm out here on public internet but was glad to get to see Martin's first coin which is an obverse link to my VICTOR SEVER coin: [ATTACH] There...
While Focas issued the unusual 30 nummia denomination, I see the possibility that this is a forty XXXX with the first X lost to the multiple...
I would feel better about the matter if I had confidence in the truth of this supposition but I see the fact as that coin collecting is a matter...
Now I see that I gained the banner after I made the above post BUT I lost the ability to edit my post (clicking on the edit button gets no...
I don't understand that either. I made a small donation to CT last month by PayPal but received no acknowledgement of it and apparently do not...
Judaean, punchmarked Indian and Spanish cobs are all collectible by shape if you are just a bit different from the collecting norm. [ATTACH]...
Weight is not a problem. 2.10g. Diameter is 20mm from point to point and 13mm across the shortest route. There is no way I would have bought...
I was attracted to this common prutah of Herod Archelaus by the baroque shape and the exceptionally well spiked ram on the obverse prow. The...
I will continue to maintain that you can not pronounce any language, let alone a 'dead' one, without details as to where and when you define as...
Considering that Classics is a subject divided among so many nationalities with so many different pronunciation rules, this may be be best answer...
Nice! Of course it still is a snake. Why is the reverse snake specified as Biscia? Wikipedia says that is a harmless species but the maiden...
Very nice coin and one I do not have! Similar obverse:
I have to a stickler for details (not really true, it is a hobby) but I am not questioning snakes or legless lizards here. I want a European...
Please know how happy it makes me that someone else suffers from Post Show Buyer's Remorse. Every time I go to a big show I come home with at...
While I know there is no way that this thread can be redirected to numismatic subjects and I will be in TV mode at 9 tonight, I do have a coin...
No! There is absolutely no need to rework the entire literature on coins of the period.
There are several of the period that appeared left. They are not particularly special just from being left. In some cases that is the only way...
144 - Romulus (68) 68 0.0302 [ATTACH]
Let us all remember the famous Ajax was a different guy. The coin here is Ajax Minor. Cleaning products manufacturers and soccer teams probably...
No words more wise are likely to appear here. Relatively few of us have the experience of handling enough coins in this price range that we...
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