Too strange for me. I don't claim to have seen everything but this one is new to me and, I suspect, 'new' in the worst sense of the word. The...
I think I disagree. $300-500 is a lot for a medium bronze of Claudius but a low end price for the large sestertius. We have to make these...
I wish I had better timing. I was just outside of Indianapolis two weeks ago. Maybe next year.
5 kilos is an interesting first purchase. I assume you will be adding a pickout pot to the store. Usually the middle east lots will have a...
Unlike many RIC volumes, the one that covered Probus (V) did not separte bust types by number but often listed a reverse as coming with several...
Titus died in 81. Vespasian died in 79. The listing confuses father and son who had the same name. No coins of Vespasian use the praenomen or...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum Started by Vespasian and finished by Titus, the Colosseum was modified by many following emperors and...
If you go for minor variations, the Septimius group adds up to a lot of different coins. Here are a couple a bit different ones of the Emesa...
Being overstruck on Roman denarii makes these things a bit of a mess. Certainly it is still possible that the coin is a fake but that is not...
Domitian was young then and his Caesar portraits look a lot more like the family than his older ones. I suppose the beard was a show that he was...
Very nice expressive portrait, evenly struck and toned - a keeper!
Agree!
While a very nice coin, your Galba makes him look stern but not brutal. Watch for really extreme Galba portraits. His sestertii can be the peak...
7 of the eight are easily identifiable so I'll leave them for those who love this sort of challenge. #3 in the top group is Alexandria Numerian....
Given the choice between great condition and great style, I take style any thime. Most of these are both. If you are to have just one Caligula,...
Bronze #1 is the best coin of the lot IMHO. I'd guess it is worth double the other three combined but that still may be $50 or so. It is from...
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0297.html#postumia8 The above lists of texts from sold coins might be of interest. I'm generally a...
Excellent but the items on the table which are pretty obviously what we see on coins still are not shown on heads so I don't think they are the...
I'm surprised to see them called 'crowns' but believe they are the prizes in local sporting events. I thought they were baskets or urns more like...
The old fashioned among us require a VF to have unbroken head gear so a small flat spot becomes aVF and one this large on both sides is F. I...
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