What I find particularly fascinating is how closely the generated legends come to human-generated legends by engravers illiterate in the language...
Pescennius Niger doesn't have to be that expensive - you just have to find him in a non-print auction and get a little lucky. I managed to win...
Sulla's grandson minted denarii with his portrait. I've seen them but IIRC they are relatively pricey $500+ coins....
Roman: - I'm missing only Gordian II and Constantine III to complete the full set of officially recognized (by the Senate and/or other emperors)...
@bcuda I'm sorry to hear about that! Did you ever take pictures of them between finding and selling them? And were they separate finds, or...
Thanks @Spaniard! @dougsmit, I remember seeing those before, but I had missed that there was ever a time that Julianus was that cheap! Were other...
Finally had a moment today to sit down and take a quick sift through a lot of "floor sweepings" (100/$100 pieces of absolute garbage with one good...
Interesting video. I was not a history major in college, but the only time I ever learned about the historical dynasties of India was in AP World...
@dltsrq good idea - checking my collection of original Peroz drachms, I found these two This one has a pellet above the hair bun [ATTACH] This...
I came across this coin in a mixed lot several years ago; part of Gallienus' zoo series with the excessively common DIANAE CONS AVG stag reverse...
This is something that I noticed a while but did not click for me until very recently. First off, apologies for what I am sure will be a rambling...
Best of luck! Our little one is just two weeks away from his first birthday - enjoy the time; it goes by way too fast!
One could make a convincing argument that prior to the current Digital Age, antiquities and coins in private hands were being hoarded away to...
Iron Kanei Tsuho from Japan, late 1700s or 1800s. Can't remember the mint; would have to check Hartill
This one?[ATTACH] IMO that's Zenonis, not Nepos. Her coins are very rare, but nowhere near as rare as Nepos'. Their monograms are also very...
Quite often, especially when dealing with scarcer (but not super valuable) coins from large lots with ex collector provenance. My favorites A...
I have almost the whole gang of monogram AE4's Theodosius II [ATTACH] Marcian [ATTACH] Pseudo-Marcian [ATTACH] Libius Severus with Ricimer...
@gsimonel actually, the overwhelmingly vast majority of Germanicus' coins were issued by Caligula and Claudius to build rapport with the Senate...
Super pick-up! The grandsons of Augustus are fun to collect, but they can be tough to track down on their own. This is my Gaius until I can...
Roman bricks are cool, but even more so when they contain paw prints from a fuzzy companion that lived +/- 2,000 years ago! Also I would love to...
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