I bought this coin just because the portrait is as sharp as anyone could ask for in a silvered LRB. The reverse has someflatness on Jupiter's head...
I had ordered a couple of AE4s a while ago and had almost given up on one of them ever arriving. The an AE4 thread arrived on the boards and...
More additions to the LRB collection that I DON'T HAVE!. (I am really in denial here). Another Alexandria coin (I seem to be drawn to the mint!)...
I recently saw this Gallienus and found it interesting enough to buy yet another Gallienus. It is quite a pleasing example with decent legends and...
It seems that a few of us are browsing through bargain basement coins at the moment and I am no different. The coinage of Gallienus can be a very...
I normally avoid buying fakes, which involves lots of study and reserach and building up of knowledge. Despite this I have bought a fake but...
As I keep saying. I DON'T COLLECT LRB. but apparently I am not listening to myself. I have added a few more to the every expanding pile of LRB...
I have generally held back from adding coins to my Probus hoard other than the coins from Lugdunum that I occasionally find. I was however tempted...
Along with the Elagabalus with standards I bought recently I bought I managed to obtain the following coin, which also looks to have endured fire...
After my recent Victorinus - Virtus purchase I stumbled across another small group of Victorinus coins that I felt obliged to give a good home....
I have a penchant for Mars types and it was a MARS VLTOR denarius of Severus Alexander that brought me to ancients. Here is my first ever...
After my votive coins of Constantine that I posted recently I thought I would share this other new arrival. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L...
I got distracted again! I haven't bought any LRB votives or campgates for years but when I saw three decent but common examples for sale at a...
Here is another random purchase. I had never seen the reverse before and bought it out of curiosity. Caracalla AE31 Obv: AU KAI M AUR ANTWNINOS,...
So here I am again trying to explain away even more of my purchases and my rationale behind my purchases. As mentioned before, I don't focus on...
Following on from my post recently illustrating my newly purchased Tetricus I I thought I would follow it up with another new Gallic Empire...
As most of you are no doubt aware I collect the eastern denarii of Septimius Severus. I have been sharing a few of my "Emesa" mint coins recentle...
From the time of the Tetrarchy onwards there was a steady rise in the prices of goods combined as a result in a decline in the size of the follis....
As some of you are aware, I have several areas of collecting focus but a lack of ability to really focus on those areas. Every now and then I buy...
I have had this first coin in my collection for a few years. This was one of only two examples known to Curtis Clay of the MARTI VICT type with...
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