People who collect Ancients are passionate about their hobby. They don't need silly registry sets to validate their study. Infact, most Ancient...
A fine collection of Ancients is any collection that gives me insight into life of the Ancient World (and that's not hard to do). :p For me, a...
That's an interesting idea since she was later captured by the Romans. Both she and her son were later prized trophies in Germanicus'...
Nice coin. Neat piece of history. I guess one has to put the coin in the context of history. As you know, there was relative stability along...
I was surprised to see this coin graded so highly. I checked the NGC certification site and the picture matches :eek:. Question: Is it just a...
It will interesting to see what this new technology (lytro light field camera) will bring to numismatic photography:...
I like a bigger camera to see the smaller details :devil:: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] guy
Thanks Ancient Doug for your reply. Something for me to think about. Thanks, again. guy
I imagine one screw up (misgrade) could cost thousands. guy
Quick question for the Ancients here: The Egyptian economy was a closed one. A person needed to exchange his denarii for tetradrahms whenever...
I know how much everyone hates slabbed Ancients...but the price was right. :devil: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] I know it's not a drachm, but I...
By far my favorite "Austrian coin" (and possibly my favorite coin): [ATTACH][ATTACH] Who is Maria Luisa, Duchess of Parma?...
I have no special interest in the female empresses of the Roman Empire. I certainly had no previous interest or understanding about female...
What a great coin! Although I don't collect coins, I'd be willing to "accumulate" that one, for sure. Here's a Hadrian I used for some...
Respectfully, nice cartwheels are the one coin I would definitely slab. These huge hunks of soft copper are easily dinged, resulting a "details...
I agree with Davey. He has very little numismatic reputation on E-bay, but he does buy replicas. What does that say? Why roll the dice here? guy
How can we forget the lovely Severus family portrait reflecting the love and admiration Caracalla had for his deceased (murdered brother) :devil:....
Ancient Doug has a nice article on the Geta coin: http://dougsmith.ancients.info/geta.html Note the nice display of the evolving and...
This is when Roman history starts to get confusing and chaotic. Unfortunately, the third century is one of the most poorly documented periods in...
I like big hunks on old copper, too: [ATTACH][ATTACH] Click on image for magnification: [ATTACH] guy
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