Great writeup! One interesting thing I have never heard discussed is how to treat the dates prior to the great adjustment of 46 BC. We have...
Nice grab - can't beat a 900+ year old coin for the price of a small coffee! I have a modest collection of Chinese coins - couldn't really get...
That's a beautiful Victorinus/Marius! I do have one, not much to look at but it was mixed in an inexpensive job lot [ATTACH] (I still need to...
My example of the type is one of my top favorite coins, and IMO maybe the second finest portrait on any of my Romans [ATTACH] The different...
To embellish a bit more - Mars Ultor was created by Augustus as the embodiment of the idea that any defeats suffered by Rome would be avenged...
I highly doubt the process happened everywhere all at once, or even consistently in the same place and time. Here is a Gallienus from a western...
Sometimes there is very little rhyme or reason to prices realized on ancient coin auctions. Many areas are so niche that there may only be 2-5...
Been focusing on those early ladies in the past six months Julia the Elder and Livia (Pergamon, Mysia) [ATTACH] Livia and Tiberius (Macedon,...
That one is RPC 5478 - it is missing the ANTI on the reverse and instead does not name the obverse figure but has ANTIOXEWN around and underneath...
Welcome! You have not a Byzantine coin, but a Hungarian one. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces33692.html Your coin has most of Mary's...
Top right is Nepal, all the rest are Indian states, maybe 1300s to late 1800s. The ones with the elephants are Mysore, and there is one bull and...
Vedius Pollio, Procurator of Asia c. 29-27 BC AE21 of Lydia, Tralles Magistrate Menandros, son of Parrisos OYHΔIOΣ KAIΣAΡEΩN, Bare head of Vedius...
Superb lineup! All the coins are excellent in their own way, but I think I have to say that Eumenes is special. How does the face look from the...
Thanks for the link! So this one isn't alone. Looks like the linked example might be an obverse die match to mine, but the reverses are...
After a gruelling wait, customs finally saw fit to release one of my "white whale" coins for my Roman portrait collection! Lucius Caesar Died 2...
On this Gordian III denarius Sol isn't wearing a Radiate crown - must have been a cloudy day in Rome [ATTACH]
Nice example! I do have one; it was mixed in with a job lot of mostly Elymaean coins - I can understand the confusion. [ATTACH]
Nice example of the type! I've always been a fan of her Latin-inscribed coins from Deultum; feels almost like owning an imperial coin at 1/100th...
Thanks all! The book is in the works; just haven't had the time or mental energy to make any significant progress on it this year; hopefully 2020...
It's been a busy year for my collection of Indian imitations of Peroz drachms! Lots of hoards being quietly disbursed over ebay which I have...
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