While I find the article fantastic as it is, great learning always opens new questions so you never reach the end. The coin posted by chrsmat71...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Don't forget the other major player of the day. Both are fourree. Both of the relatives on the first coin were known in...
Of course a problem with many ancients is demonstrated by this Probus/Minerva which lost the exergue "I" to a small flan so is less desirable even...
[ATTACH] No sooner than I posted what I considered an acceptable Saturn (whether you consider him a god or not) I got a nicer example. I don't...
We should show the other two parts of the series HP and KOY. Actually this one comes in three versions for each so a set is nine coins. The...
I agree fully with Ides' assessment of the situation but point out that the way this works in the super high prices may be different than for the...
You forgot to invite other provincial campgates like this Septimius pair from Anchialus. Early (magistrate Barbarus) on top, later (Ulpian)...
[ATTACH] Another good one is this Septimius Severus small one assarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum which in Greek is NIKOpiOLIT piPO around the edge...
My favorite mintmark is the Eros added series of Constantine, Licinius and their sons. Between the R for Rome and the final letter indicating the...
Alexandria is really a two part collecting interest. The big money collectors don't care about the later, thick billon tetradrachms or even the...
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Yes the YOC coin is a Tye 14 and just a bit later. These things were issued for 5 centuries and the last ones are much smaller (but thicker so...
Commas would have helped. In the time I have been in the hobby, I have seen a few changes in the way sellers are compensated. Now it is...
6?? I don't know. I really have not sat down and weeded out duplicates that were not obvious and there are coins from the style with unclear...
There is a feature of estimates that escapes me. Estimates serve two purposes. In addition to being a guess for a reasonable sale price, they...
I fail to see why we can't have more circulating issues since they already have the designs. The USA did well with the 2009 Lincoln cents in four...
It seems that no one has a coin of the 21st century. The things shown simply do not strike me as coins since they were made to be collected and...
[ATTACH] It is quite common that only some details transfer. This probably has something to do with the angle of the dies when they clashed but...
I know I am strange in many ways but I force most of my photos into 2:3 proportions simply because I get prints in 4x6 and 12x18 sizes and my...
Until recently I believed this last one was a coin of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka (272-232 BC) but now see the comment on Coin India that we are...
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