Indeed I did :D Finally had a chance to image them... Valentinian III, uncertain type with victory, Rome mint Obv: DN VALENTINIANO, bust right...
Nice pickup! I don't feel the compulsion to collect the Republican coinage intensively, but I do have a little AE denominations set As - Janus...
Excellent writeup and coins! I own two Ryukyu coins, both from the Satsuma period, 1850s-70s, before the islands were formally annexed into the...
IMO, these were produced by the mint by mint employees, but whether they were an official product is the real question, just like arguing whether...
Nice one! I love the coinage of Probus, and as a result I usually end up keeping them when I find an extra nice one in a lot. Interestingly, I've...
Going into the auction as the high bidder on 3 lots, each one 80% of the estimate, imagining what they'd look like on my desk if I won them at my...
Going through the latest haul from a CNG large lot of mostly mid-grade antoninianii, I spotted this one which I initially assumed to be a...
Won this one off of ebay about two months ago, was just getting worried that it wouldn't make it out of customs but it arrived today! [ATTACH]...
Super example! I owned one of these a while ago but sold it almost immediately as it wasn't "collection worthy". I eventually hope to collect the...
Byzantine Gold is my favorite gold because where else can you buy a 1,000+ year old gold coin, in mint condition, for peanuts over melt value?...
Fully aware this is a 4.5 year old thread, but IMO the OP coin is a counterfeit, similar to the ones that Emporium Hamburg has been peddling for...
Also don't forget that every emperor up until Gallienus issued sestertii, which are mostly common, often better executed than the silver, and...
As some of you know, I have been quietly soaking up a moderately large hoard of very early Indo Sassanian drachms over the past year. I believe...
Nice antoninianii of the Crisis emperors are tough to find, but they are out there- just be prepared to either fork out a lot of money, or troll...
Nice example! It's important to note that especially with these anepigraphic issues, it may be a but too rash to attempt to assign them to a...
Are you selling your Eastern coins, or more popular ones like Roman or Greek? Stephen Album gets pretty consistently excellent hammer prices for...
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1) The denarius was being rapidly debased, and the public was likely aware. Severan denarii didn't enjoy circulating through a stable economy for...
Some fantastic bargains in this thread! Some favorites of mine: Kyme Aiolis AR "trihemiobol" - Common as a hemiobol but unique as a larger...
Helena AE follis, SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE [ATTACH]
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