I never listen to anyone who says that some specific truth must apply to all other applications. It is not necessarily true that all Roman mints...
I just noticed that, technically speaking, we have different coins. Steve's has a bust seen from the front while mine is from the rear. The...
I considered pointing out that the coin was horridly defective in that the halo around Luna's head is missing on part of the circle but I decided...
When I first saw this I took it to mean just Hadrian and Sabrina and I have no really nice or interesting Sabrina. Since it seems to be open to...
Great coin.
The Chi-Rho symbol was also used by pagan Greek scribes to mark, in the margin, a particularly valuable or relevant passage; the combined letters...
[ATTACH] Yes but the double headed coins seem to have been cut more often. This is Julius Ceasar from Vienne in Gaul. Augustus used to be there...
[ATTACH] I understand the pieces from last week's Russian fall are going rather dearly now but no one knows how many times gold price is...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] I don't have a Magnentius from Lugdunum. L-R Arles, Siscia (barbarous), 2 Decentius (both Lugdunum?)
This looks like the kind of coin that will look better in hand. It may not be easy to photograph but you can definitely improve on the seller's pix.
My only question on Forvm is whether they would welcome coins of all periods. Forvm is an ancient site that barely tolerates medieval. It would...
Both sides are shown in the photo. The issue was not consistent regarding the die axis. Some were oriented as US coins, inverted or 6H. Some...
Reviving this old thread, I'll show a new half in the middle of the bottom row which I bought because of its odd die orientation. When cut these...
Today the postman brought me three packages of coins. All were ordered on different days but the difference between where each started made all...
RIC dates this coin to 326 AD. I believe I understand the idea here but could be wrong. The mintmark is SMHE with a dot following but no dot...
When it comes to purity of hand, it is hard to beat Halle, Bavaria in the 14th century. [ATTACH] The silver is so thin that you can see the...
Again I suffer in timeliness by having a life away from the Internet butI'd like to offer an opinion regarding Steve's two sestertii. At $100...
When I sold my collection in 1974, I lost my first ancients. I kept three coins from 1963 but I believe the very first was a Tetricus in 1961 or...
I am embarrassed that a once respected dealer like Guy Clark missed two coins here. The second coin is also Galerius. Marcus Aurelius Maximianus...
Not all of us spend all day online so it might be best to wait longer before writing us off. The Crispus dead center is a semi-rare coin but not...
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