Fantastic Top Ten Jay! I have to agree with JW and Andrew, despite my Flavian bias, that Brutus stater is my favourite. Runners-up: the 'o' mint...
If you know what to look for and where to look it isn't all that bad, despite what some have said. I'm a specialist and know my material pretty...
Ah! So it was you who got it! I had it on my Vcoins 'want list' and saw it had been sold. You made a good choice for the asking price.
Nice group of coins JW! Your MA denarii are my favourites too.
Well, to be honest I should have said 'followed it around at a distance'. The price was always too steep. This year I decided 'oh, what the heck'...
Once you get past Domitian's Minerva series, there is a wealth of interesting stuff! Of course, I'm a huge fan of his Minerva series too! I obsess...
My number one grail, likely never to be topped. [ATTACH] Vesspasian AR Denarius, 2.84g Rome mint, 74 AD RIC 688 (R). BMC 147. RSC 569. Obv: IMP...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-aussies-2017-favorite-buys.307692/ And of course your fondness for Marvin Tameanko's wonderful book!
2017 was a very busy coining year for me. While it may not have had the peaks of 2016 (the year I received my favourite coin), it certainly made...
Superb coin with a lot of eye-appeal!
An oddity I noticed concerning the reverse legend - the lettering starts out fairly large and by the end settles down to a more normal size.
Nothing spectacular, just a 'run of the mill' Domitian Minerva. It won't make my Top Ten of 2017, but needless to say I love it! [ATTACH]...
Vespasian should have awarded that engraver with a gold laurel wreath. What hair!
Merry Christmas everyone! It's a cold and snowy one here at the Flavian Fanatic household.
Unfortunately it is indeed a modern reproduction. A genuine example can easily be obtained, they are not all that rare.
A very eye-catching list!
Really? I hadn't noticed any difference.
A list of showcase coins! What an awesome year for you!
Yes, it was very fine compared to what would follow in the Second and Third centuries! The silver fineness under Vespasian, Titus, and early...
Despite the fact I'm very much in the anti-slab camp, if you plan on reselling the coin any time soon leave it in the slab - it will fetch a...
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