Thanks - even though i am working and started collecting social security last year the bills have to be paid, the children are on their own but...
Just before taking some time off I thought I would post some new additions to my favorite emperor (thanks to Doug Smith and Curtis Clay for the...
"won't sell" I mean -
You forgot that we also cannot buy a metal detector and look for ancient coins! I am certain that this would be in my vacation plans if I lived in...
Basically I buy what I can afford to buy - But I'm not going to mortgage the house..,well...maybe...unless I find an IMP XX sestertii of...
I have a friend with similar views - about 20,000 sestertii and won't a single one. He has two Elagabalus sestertii with an Adventus reverse...
I'm with you - I buy and sell and maybe my collection grows by five coins a year. Recently I learned a hard lesson on 12 consignments. It was a...
Thanks! Great page and it does answer the question
Beautiful! Lovely coin
Thanks - I had the link but somehow forgot to include it. Some of the coins from these cities were crude but most were quite beautiful and the...
During the wonderful time of the influx of coins from the Balkans the provincials from the area were freely available in high grade for insanely...
Does anyone know what Securitas meant to the Romans or was it simply the security of the state after an event such as the death of the co-emperor...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Over the last few years I have been spending a lot of time thinking about rarity as it relates to ancient coins - in our...
Hard to believe that the US used to make such beautiful coins - instead of the today's bewildering array of pieces celebrating whatever, including...
Yes Alexandria for reasons unknown was mentioned in my article as being excepted from the centralization of the coinage. That highlights,...
I don’t think I said 10,000 - I said thousands - look at the number of group lots for sale on biddr or numiscoins. These go on constantly while...
From the years 250AD to ca 280AD the Roman empire nearly collapsed. The rise of Persia, civil unrest, barbarian invasions, even climate change has...
Ancient coins is a hobby where prices stay the same even as huge numbers of the collectibles enter the market every year. Although it was...
Terrific post. Are there histories from the time that discuss the invasion? This must have been during the Latin takeover of Constantinople.
I am pretty sure that the passage of 124 years has allowed the condition to lapse and the coins can now be sold. Depends on state law I think -...
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