What an interesting expression on that bust. His youthful feistiness really comes through. Kind of a "You dare to cross me? Let's be clear about...
Lots of good information here, well considered and presumably well researched. Another excellent thread.
Good job, RC. Not only tracking down those musical interpretations, but also doing the homework on the text yourself. Most impressive, and very...
Am I missing something? I don't see a radiated head on Hadrian's bust. Can you point it out?
It's a neat little monogram. A bit busy, but it's covering a lot of letters. But with a couple of tweaks, slightly repositioning what you...
Nice to know I'm not the only one who gets backlogged. I have a baaaad habit of letting too many new arrivals skip the line, so I still have...
When your coin was struck the hammer die was not in good parallel with the anvil die and it came out unevenly struck. Not only the uneven...
Actually, when you scan the group of these in this thread, you will observe that more often the dot is centered in the flan but not always in the...
The two obverses have different break patterns for the inscription. Continuous without stephane, and broken around it when present. Another...
I debated about bidding on a Sabina upgrade for lot 235, but couldn't pull the trigger. Lucky for me. It sold for almost $100 over the start on...
I just picked up a nice example of Eudoxia from Constantinople: [ATTACH] Here's another nice one from Cyzicus: [ATTACH] And here are a couple...
Ha, RC. So you were the guy dancing with me for that one in the Naumann sale yesterday. It never dawned on me at the time. It's a very pretty...
Congrats to the winners. I saw the pics, but what were the correct answers - either the ones given or the ones hoped for?
Nice upgrade, for sure. Martin, is it safe to say that you collect these (i.e. coins when the eastern mints were operating 192-196?) more by mint...
Sure you know. When I was at that stage in learning this hobby I fantasized that cleaning a coin was akin to the excavation that an archaeologist...
Demonstrating authenticity to someone who doesn't know where to look for the truth of the matter certainly is a vexing and dismaying problem. But...
I don't have many with holes not intended, but when this early follis for Constantius I from Aquilea came along with a rare reverse, I did not...
Thanks for the comments guys. Glad you could enjoy them.
I have not studied the coins of Probus as Martin has, but some of them are very attractive, especially when fully silvered. Here is one for each...
Late to the party, as usual. Love that biga of snakes. When I was collecting Roman Republic I used to have a Volteius snake biga denarius, but...
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