I feel like I'm in debt just from window shopping!
Let me just say how jealous all this makes me! If I were to take a metal detector to any part in my town, all I'd find are some bottle caps, old...
Thanks all! @Ed Snible: The first coin you posted I do have assigned to 1.1.2 on account of the beardless portrait, but I cannot stress enough...
Outside of my LRB's, I do have this Marcus Aurelius M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head right TR P XXXI IMP VIIII COS III P P, Jupiter seated...
(Continued) To illustrate my point about the "Orthodox" series 1.4.3, here are six of mine side by side. Note that despite very slight variations,...
Continuing 1.2.6 we see the attendants further degrade until the lower body becomes just another line parallel to the arm - the die is so...
Here it is by popular request, an ultra-condensed version of my write-up on the evolution of the Indo Sassanian drachm from the Peroz prototype...
Nice examples, all! I'll freely admit that this series is one that isn't exactly easy or intuitive to understand - it took me hundreds of hours...
I used to be awed by finding a "rare" variety until I realized that rarity in terms of minor features doesn't amount to a hill of beans. Two...
That's a nice example of one of the more common 1.4 types. I have managed to break up the other series into types I am relatively satisfied with,...
I've often wondered if the relative survival rate of these Agrippa asses compared to the rest of Caligula's coinage is indirect evidence of the...
So, I freely admit that I lost steam on my write ups on Indo Sassanian coinage a while back. That does not mean, however, that I have stopped...
Offloading some medium/high quality coins of Gallienus (and related) and Helena. All are currently going cheap! Some auction highlights:...
Superb grouping! Having even one Antipas in a collection is an accomplishment. One of my all time favorite budget lot finds was this used and...
Nice coins! I sometimes wonder how many of our coins are actually imitative but we have no way of knowing? No doubt about any of these barbarous...
You guys got it. It's late 19th / very early 20th century silver chuckram from Travancore in southern India. They are the poster child for...
https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/savocalondon/browse?a=760&l=801526 Ouch! (Before I spill the beans, I wonder how many members here can properly ID...
Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure how much more brushing can be done on this one; the surface is pretty smooth and I don't get any residue when...
Just picked this one up in a recent Savoca lot as a quick flipper, but on closer inspection it looks like it could have some promise. It is a Pius...
I'm enjoying these threads! I figured it would be fun to see how my favorite Roman portraits stack up against each other! It was tough picking...
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