I love the look of the Parthian coins. That dude Vologases III gave my man Trajan fits. We know so little about the Parthians (and the later...
I would think of this coin as great learning tool. Personally, I like to see the inscriptions on the front (example, DNARCADIVSPFAUG) and a...
[ I agree that most Ancient specialists don't slab their coins. At the recent ANA convention in LA, many of the more reputable dealers did,...
Wow. First, I don't collect coins, but I do study them. Remember that Ancient Roman coinage spans more than six centuries. Acoording to David...
Shhh! :whistle: Don't tell anyone about the great value still to be found in (certified!) 19th century and earlier European silver and gold...
Thanks for the "heads-up." I've bid unsuccessfully (fortunately!) for several of these coins and I have a couple of these coins on my E-bay watch...
Severus Alexander: Nice coin. Sad story. He was only 13 when he came into power and 26 when he was murdered along with his mother by his own...
Thank you for reading my post. The book is a series of short tours of Ancient Rome, visiting many of the city's various inhabitants and famous...
A good book about Ancient Rome at the time of Antoninus Pius is John Cullen's "A Walk in Ancient Rome." To really enjoy the book, it is important...
Thank you for the great information. What I find interesting is the crown of the emperor on the coin. The emperor has a laureated diadem. The...
Although I don't collect ancients (or any coins, except for a few "history" pieces), I appreciate the ancient Roman coins' portraits and images....
Thank you for sharing this beautiful coin. As you might know, Gallienus was an important emperor during the "third century crisis" of the Roman...
Although I prefer NGC for modern gold coins, they grade only a select few ancient coins from dealers with special arrangements with the company....
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