Fantastic coin! A very enviable acquisition.
Very nice. I love your commitment to the type!
A very beautiful piece. Congrats.
Neat coin from an area I'm not familiar with. Congrats!
If I recall, the Chronopost or Colissimo numbers do not work in the USPS mail system and are assigned new numbers once they reach the US. I...
What a beautiful coin with a splendid owl!
Now, that is an interesting question! I wouldn't look to my above example, the Roman engravers who produced it lacked proximity and familiarity...
I can't wait to see your example when you do!
Great coins everyone! It's fascinating to see how the depictions of Mt Argaeus changed over the years.
This type for Vespasian is really quite rare, but for later emperors it isn't.
Wow! Thanks for the link!
A recent acquisition has one of my absolute favourite provincial reverse types - a Volcano. More specifically, Mt Argaeus (modern Mount Erciyes)...
A very beautiful coin! I'm not sure the dolphin legends are true, but I'd like to believe they are.
A lovely coin with an awesome pedigree. I know I would treasure it if it were mine. Congrats!
One could ask this about almost any issue. And that indeed it part of the fun - finding those coins which sing to you.
Fantastic pictures! Thanks for sharing them.
Ouch! I physically winced reading that. Man, that is tough one to lose. I hate it when an auction house uses two platforms ... and this situation...
I really do love these coins struck in 69 before Vespasian was confirmed by the Senate in Rome. If it had gone the other way and Vitellius won the...
Alexandria in that fateful summer during the Year of the Four Emperors struck a rare tetradrachm which basically announced Vespasian's intention...
I was away for the holiday weekend and am now just getting caught up with CT. Wow TIF! If your coin is any indication of what I've missed on...
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