Recent purchases go in trays where they can be handled. After a while, they go in paper envelopes in boxes and I rarely see them except in...
Notice that Randy's is Constantinople while mine is Arles AKA Constantia. Arles was the only one that added the eagle in front of the bull.
Today I went to a coin show that I never would attend except it was 5 miles from my home and I was bored. There was one dealer with ancients (he...
[ATTACH] Above is my photo of Rome mint coins from my horseman page. The one on the right is the match here but notice that all have 'the nose'....
Food is expensive up in Northern Manitoba. Nicely surfaced sestertii of just about anyone are worth $80. Alexander may be the cheapest of the...
At -40 it makes no difference whether you are F or C.
The portrait is certainly Rome. I guess that mark left of the RP is a scrape rather than a T. The light weight Trier (which I do not own) in the...
Please give size/weight. It might help in comparing to other coins.
I recall seeing that coin but can't figure out how to search where I think it was except for the lots I bid on. I'm glad this went to a good home.
I suppose Noah doesn't count. http://www.theshekel.org/article_noahs_ark.html
People who won't own a cleaned coin should not buy ancients. Natural silver 2000 years old is at least dark gray. That is the subject of another...
There is a huge price to pay for dishonesty. Many of us prefer no detail to fake detail. Dealers who get caught not describing tooling get a...
PS: I still want the Diocletian.
This coin is the London mint version (ML) from a series I have shown before in the name of Carausius that was struck in Colchester. [ATTACH]...
ML is not a Roman numeral here and XXI is the standard 20:1 ration mark used starting with Aurelian and ending around 300. Those who recall my...
Excellent coin, wonderful post. This type has so many very special things that are at least unusual. Constantine the Christian is called DV...
I have been wanting one of these for a long time but finding one in my price bracket has not been easy. This one has just about all the faults I...
This is where we disagree. The coin has seen almost no circulation. It has an unworn laurel wreath on the portrait and no flatness on the...
When Didius Julianus' purchase of the Purple thouroughly grossed out most Romans, three generals rose to put him down. Didius lasted a few seconds...
Richard I of England also served as Richard IV of Normandy about 200 years later. His French coins have his name divided into horizontal rows...
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