Gotta love that €25 shipping on a €48 purchase *chef's kiss*
I don't think there is a "right" way to assemble this spaghetti bowl of a dynasty - it must have been confusing even for the ancient Romans! If...
This was hard news to hear. I have a lot of faith in our modern medicine, and the rest of the battle is in our own minds. I am glad to see that...
The buying power of the antoninianus/aurelianus was totally decoupled from any intrinsic value, so output capacity over time was more important...
Valentinian IIIs are relatively hard to find, compared to his uncles Arcadius and Honorius - I wonder sometimes how many of his coins are hiding...
Size/weight? Could be medieval if larger and 0.5-0.75g, or SE Asian if smaller and >0.5g
Beautiful set, Bob! I agree that the iron mask dirk/sword is something else, wow! And a solid 500 years older than my oldest coin to boot! I'll...
Sassanian drachms of (left to right) 1) Hormizd IV? 2) Khusro I 3) Balkash? (This is a VERY scarce coin!) 4) Khusro II 5) Peroz I 6) Hemidrachm...
Beautiful display! I see a lot of familiar faces in there ;) For some reason I had always thought you had a considerably larger collection,...
My saved searches notified me of this one about a week ago on eBay, and I had planned on setting a reminder for myself to try to snipe it - then I...
Haven't seen the type before, but it's certainly Marcus Aurelius as Caesar under Antoninus Pius. Lucius Verus is not known to have appeared on...
Can't go wrong with a Gordy! I tried to narrow down to just one. Couldn't do it. These Providentia types I think are part of his first emission,...
Superb portrait on that one! Not sure if the seller mentioned it, but the title PARTHICO at the end of the obverse legend indicates that it was...
I think the problem was: 1) These coins were roughly 300-400 years old by Caesar's time. Coins did circulate longer back then, but even...
Here's a group shot of mine, although I don't have them displayed, rather spread between 3 binder pages along with family members etc [ATTACH]...
Nice pickup! Coins of Numerian are pretty scarce, and command solid prices when they do show up. I lucked into mine well before I even knew what I...
Her silver coinage is probably more plentiful than her bronze actually, but I don't believe that she put her own face on silver; only Antony did...
IIRC, it was the early and mid-Ptolemies who minted all the gold, not the later ones. I agree that it seems that Cleopatra *should* have issued...
Very nice! Here's a Ptolemy I, like Doug's engraved by the Delta artist behind the ear [ATTACH] And a Ptolemy II, once in my collection but not...
There are millions of Diva Faustina coins out there. Wait for the one that screams "BUY ME"
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