#23 Ordinary but a beautiful type when style is good [ATTACH] #56 Thanks to whoever scratched mine down into something I could afford. [ATTACH]...
Joe: Thanks but a 1972 book purchased in 2013 is hardly supporting the industry. Steve: I like your choices but you will remember that my #1...
No, buy the book and support authors who might write another. According to Worldcat, there are two libraries that have this book within 200 miles...
Quoting Sear Byzantine under 532: "Legend normally a badly blundered form of the inscription of Tiberius II. e.g. piTINOC ~ ~ TIANTAPPIV, but less...
Question: If you were one who attended a ceremony dedicating the lighthouse what part did tessara such as this play either before or after the...
One reason I never went full on into Probus was the realization that he had so many rare types and ones that always sold at prices way out of my...
I am not a Probus specialist but that didn't keep me from having a few dozen of them. I have a few pages on them which show some of my favorites:...
Also uncommon is the first obverse legend used ith the common (but unlisted in RIC) Alexandria mint reverse VENVS FELIX which is the only reverse...
and poorly cleaned.
Martin's Jula from Alexandria with the COSII dating on reverse (think about it: How many women were Consul......Hummmm?) is a great and rare...
Obvious question: Why just Castor? Where is the Pollux coin?
Neither of my Getas are pretty but they are both somewhat rare. RIC rates both simply R but I believe the as is more so. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
For those who were not around back when Steve got his great big coin, I'll remind small timers like me can also get the dove (but not the chimera)...
BTW: I'd call this a nice specimen. Certainly it is better than either of my sestertii of the type.
Why do you believe it is a dupondius rather than an as?
Travel by sea with Hadrian. [ATTACH] Romulus the founder of Rome [ATTACH] Tellus Stabilita honors the place of the emperor in making the earth a...
If you want ID's by RIC, the best answer is to buy the books. There are ten volumes and a complete set runs a bit over $1000. I only own the...
It is a listed type. RIC 117 Heraclea lists the Constantine II coin as having been produced by two of the five officinae used at that mint at...
I'll agree it is fake but would call it pressed or struck from new dies. I don't know enough to be certain but would return it if the seller is...
ACSearch records mostly full service, high end dealers who only sell really nice examples of such things as Late Roman bronzes. Yours is a nice...
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