Hopefully the interior isn't as bad as initially thought.
The knowledge acquired is priceless.
History and culture do matter to people. When it is destroyed either through accident or design it can be quite devastating....
I'm glad to see they arrived OK. Fine additions to your collection Andrew!
What is the die orientation? If it's six o'clock that would point to Rome, twelve o'clock local. In the Flavian period provincial silver coins...
I actually had the quip in my notes to include in the write-up but somehow forgot. Thanks for mentioning it because it's a perfect fit for the...
My latest arrival very likely had a colourful history because of its lowly status. These are the kind of coins that have an unknowable but rich...
Opinions are not evidence.
That is a tremendous coin @Suarez! What a pleasure it must be to finally acquire one! I'm going to stretch the definition of 'usurper' so that I...
No one is against discussing fakes here. What we are against is doing so with no proof or evidence for coins that have no obvious signs of...
Insightful write-up with two lovely coins illustrating it. I learned something reading it. Thank you.
And I should have included the later Titus cistophorus of the type in the OP. [ATTACH]Titus AR Cistophorus, 10.55g Rome mint (for Asia), 80-81...
I wish I had included in my above write-up about the standards type having recently been struck by Nero. Nice example Andrew.
This neat Titus Caesar as arrived last weekend, but I've just now gotten around to cataloguing it! A rare type paying tribute to the legions that...
Nah, Vespasian or Titus would suffice too. :angelic:
Beautiful coins Jay, especially the Philip III tet.
Always nice to see your architectural coins, especially an Alexandrian Domitian!
Roma is good. I also like Nomos and Leu, which appear to be from the same printer.
Much like your condemnation of @Jay GT4's Domitian denarius, you offer NO evidence to back up your spurious claims against @Orfew's coins. Unlike...
I wasn't even aware Yahoo Groups are still a thing. I ignored the CFDL in it's 'heyday' because of all the stuff mentioned above. The conspiracy...
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