I hear ya... I'm dang near that 100 number with my Roman Antioch collection. Would you like support towards getting more Stobi? Cuz I could...
I'd gone through a spurt (well, maybe 2 or 3) where I picked up 1 or more of this late Roman SALVS REIPVBLICAE AE4 type. I haven't taken them all...
That's where I got it, the Verdicare. And that's what I use after I manually clean the infection, then regularly check it.
I didn't realize the connection. Very cool. I don't have a tetradrachm, and no longer have this drachm, but was its caretaker for a short time....
Very cool! Yea I find it fun to imagine what the hole was for... Was the coin displayed in someone's home long ago? For how long? Did they remove...
Great coin, Warren! Here is my only one that might fit: [ATTACH] Macedon, Thessalonica Marc Antony and Octavian, Struck 37 BC Obverse:...
(Sorry for resurrecting a few month old thread, but it seems relevant to post it here.) I just got a very similar MA tet but with his bust facing...
Sweet new coin! I was able to walk away with one Alexandrian tet from @Bing Auction #1: [IMG] AURELIAN Tetradrahm OBVERSE: AUT K L D AURHLIANOC...
No sorry needed... Congrats!
Yes... That'd be the one. Did you win? I don't really have an answer... But I've been using the Magna Graecia site for some research:...
It was fun doing a little sleuthing. And I learned something doing it. :) Since then I was the underbidder on an overstuck example like...
There is speculation that the placement of the dot (at least in the 1st century) was in regard to which officina struck the coin... Using cardinal...
In the past couple weeks, I've added a handful more examples to my collection. I'm still confirming the exact identification of some of them....
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