Ian Hughes' books are biogaphies, not historical fiction. guy
What a beautiful coin and a great piece of history. Geez. Leave it in the slab. First, you know that at least Dave Vagi and company think it is...
If you are interested in the later Roman Empire, I must recommend Ian Hughes' excellent set of books: Stilicho: [ATTACH] Aetius: [ATTACH]...
Wow! I'm sorry to hear about that. I had mentioned to Kerry last year about possibly going digital, but he didn't have plans for that direction....
Copper can be tricky. I can't comment on the coin in question since I don't look at late modern coinage (even when it's a century old). I...
Great video and I support anything that promotes the study of Ancient Rome. That said...where's the color? Ancient Roman buildings and statues...
There is no reason to think that the statues in the arches weren't still in place on AD 320. There were still gladiator fights till Honorius...
Thank you for reading my post. Cameron's book is expensive. I found my copy cheap on Abesbooks.com. It's not an easy read, requiring some...
I have frequently admired the ability of experts in Ancient numismatists to decipher the sometimes scant evidence to better understand Ancient...
Kenneth Bressett is no stranger to ancient numismatics. His interest in ancients coincided with his interest in US coinage since at least the...
Wow. That jogged my memory a bit. Great point. http://www.kenelks.co.uk/coins/carausius/carausius.htm Good stuff, but I must run back to...
A usurper of a usurper (Carausius). That's really nice. Great piece of history. guy
Your coin is from 1688. Not a very good year for James II since he abdicated his throne that year. His son-in-law and daughter (William and Mary)...
I'm sorry. Maybe you can clear this up for me. guy
I see PCGS is now doing "coin restoration." http://www.pcgs.com/restoration/ Of course, NGC has been doing that for some time. I'm not sure...
Nice coins. I frequently refer back to this chart to keep the Severan Syrian princesses straight in my feeble mind: [ATTACH]
Great piece of history. The sometimes unreliable Herodian, the Roman historian of Syrian descent, writes about the stone: This stone is...
Mark : Your avatar warms my heart: [ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
Thank you for your response Ancient Doug. I did not mean to hijack this thread, so I will share some of my English / British friends:...
[ATTACH] (Not my coin. Courtesy of Wildwinds.com) Tiberius, Æ sestertius, (26.81g) Rome Mint, 36-37 AD, Quadriga right. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F...
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