I can't imagine the entire V just flaking off like that... makes me wonder if it was originally absent and then added back on? Emporium Hamburg...
Last big sale for a while, as most of my new sale inventory is stuck in COVID limbo. Sale ends Friday, 5/8 at about 3:30 PM EST and goes for...
Andrew's post reminded me of another one in my collection, an early "provincial" of Paestum from the second Punic War, bearing a ∑ for Sescuncia,...
I've always found his Roman coins to be about fairly priced for the higher end or scarcer Romans but I agree that many of his coins have a start...
Thanks guys! This was an e-sale, so no overly fancy catalog in the mail, although the sale was pretty heavily advertised on Biddr - about a third...
I am not too familiar with them, but I believe they were only minted at Rome. It is also interesting to note that they don't bear the SC, so they...
Not the rarest in the absolute sense, but Aurelian and Severina attempted to reinstate AE denominations late in their reign, in the mid 270s....
I know it's a bit after the fact, but did anyone feel like bidding on the last Leu auction was a bit light? No complaints here as I managed to...
What sort of Augustus? He spent over a decade on coins as Caesar Octavianus, followed by four decades as Augustus. If you are going for cheapest...
I have gotten a lot of tiny coins because I buy bulk lots to break up and sell, and I usually keep a few coins from each lot. Its interesting how...
Thanks all, and some very nice coins! Interesting point about the swastika vs sauwasitka - I was aware that there was a difference, but never dug...
Thanks! It's a diobol, not a drachm. Came in a large lot of silver fractions from CNG early in the year.
Got my winnings from Leu a couple weeks ago but haven't had a lot of time to image and write up (I am thankful for having job security during the...
I love the janiform type, especially the ones in archaic style! My most recent acquisition [ATTACH] How strange is it that despite all we know...
Nice grab! I found this one in a bulk lot of garbage bronzes, still one of my favorite finds to date! [ATTACH] Augustus AE19 of Berytus,...
It's interesting that Carinus was one of the few people against whom a Damnatio Memoriae was nearly completely successful - historically speaking,...
Nice one! I collect by title, and Numerian was one of the shortest-lived emperors to have all three... Caesar [ATTACH] Augustus [ATTACH] And...
Another chance to show off my all-time favorite Roman portrait? [ATTACH] I bought this one (and paid about double the "normal" price) because I...
Silver drachm of Peroz I, 459-484. He's one of the earlier "common" rulers, perhaps best known for his wars against the Huns, which he lost, was...
Nice! I was bidding on the first lot of drachms but dropped out at $300 because I was mostly interested in just the top drachm. I am no expert on...
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