Yea, I'm fortunate that the era I collect is fairly well catalogued. Sometimes I wonder whether I should separate the metals within each reign,...
As most of you know I specialise in the Flavian dynasty. The catalogues I need to attribute my collection are fairly well known - RIC II.1, BMC...
I was wondering if you were going to chime in. Thank you for coming out of semi-retirement to repeat Barry Murphy's opinion.
Thanks Barry. I suspected a bit of smoothing in the fields, but I believe you are correct, features have been tooled too. None of which was...
Thanks, link corrected.
I already obtained an example last year. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-154979 Go for it!
That is great news indeed! Welcome aboard! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. I'll be more than happy to help.
The slight variation in the bull's appearance is due to different engravers, it's not enough to warrant a new variant. If you really want to...
Yesterday the postman delivered a coin I have been breathlessly anticipating for over 3 weeks. There are many reasons why I wanted it, chief of...
Not for Titus Caesar. The two oxen type is scarce for him as well. [ATTACH] Titus as Caesar AR Denarius, 3.20g Rome Mint, 77-78 AD (Vespasian)...
Glad you got one! And I agree, it is a somewhat scarce type. I got mine from Harry Sneh over 10 years ago, so I never had to do the leg work to...
I do as well, although I don't consider it boring, rather I'd call it sensibly economical.
Actually, the photo is pretty close to how it looks in hand. Sort of a dark bronze colour.
RIC 102.
I've always wanted a nice example of this fairly common bronze As(?) struck in Syria for Vespasian. Oddly, despite the piece being a provincial...
A terrific acquisition! Nice to hear you had a great time at the show too.
'Vespasian as Moneyer' by T. V. Buttrey. It even has a neat chart showing which types were recycled.
That's a nice Titus bull! And you are correct in pointing out the type copies one struck under Augustus. The specific meaning wasn't important,...
COS XV and XVI are exactly the same type, the only difference being the consular date. You can see both on asearch for comparison....
Yes, initially I thought it was a space. After examining the reverse under magnification it became clear it was actually a numeral 'I'. I was...
Separate names with a comma.
