Superb year! All are great selections, but I agree that Pius deserves the number 1 spot!
Congrats on the graduation and the beautiful coin to go with it! I can tell that a lot of planning must have gone into that purchase. Although as...
There are really only a handful of dynasties that were substantive: - The Julians - The Claudians - The Flavians - The Nerva-Antonines (All...
Yes. It's a Roman provincial coin of Domitian and his wife Domitia, minted in the part of the empire that was predominantly Greek. Quite a nice...
Good collecting aim! I have been itching to do similar - would probably have to be Trajan or Hadrian since their quadrans and semisses are not...
The type was made by Mark Antony, Augustus, Tiberius, and Drusus - I would say Augustus is most likely.
Super collection Bob! From an archaeological standpoint, how are these normally found? None show obvious signs of battle, so grave goods or...
As for central Asia Greek influenced kingdoms (Bukhara) [ATTACH] A more local flavor (Soghd) [ATTACH] The Kushans stabilized things from...
Central and south Asia are home to some mighty obscure areas of numismatics. I've dabbled in... Pre-Mauryan coins of the Karshapanas (India,...
Beautiful coins every one of them, but I have to agree - that first Syracuse tetradrachm is a masterpiece.
Love the filed-off Domitian and Geta! Gotta get me some of those! On the subject, it's important to not only remember what history says, but what...
Lovely dupondius! Coins of Antoninus as Caesar do show up from time to time, and often have exceptional portraiture: [ATTACH] I don't recall...
It's also important to note that in 238, Balbinus was 60 years old, enormously wealthy, and had probably at least 35 years of civil service under...
Barbarous Tetricus II, maybe Fortuna reverse? I think I see a rudder
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Zlobin is a bit of a sleazeball but he indisputably pulls in good revenue from sales. I have never bought anything from him, but I have heard that...
Very nice! Out of probably a couple thousand LRB's I have searched over the years, there was only one that was 100% attributable as Valentinian...
That is a good point, but I was operating under the assumption that I thought there was only one or maybe two extant busts of emperor Tacitus. And...
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Very interesting reverse legend. Can't say I was aware of it until just now. For me, it was all about the portrait: [ATTACH] I don't have it...
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