Except for the first century, edge splits are the norm for many Roman coins, especially denarii. Coins with perfectly smooth edged free of cracks...
Sorry, could have worded that more carefully. Those two were from CNG - Probably over paid to be completely honest... I think it was like $1500...
Beautiful ancient coin, OR a brand new house? Decisions, decisions.... I don't have anything to show at the moment, but a few Savoca auctions ago...
Narrowly saved this one from a pile of rejects to be flipped back - Pulled from one of the bulk lots from the last Triskeles sale. [ATTACH]...
Volusian is certainly a top contender for the least noteworthy of all Roman emperors. His coins are often nice, though; he and daddy were among...
Great writeup and beautiful coins. My only two contributions would be the satraps Pharnabazos and Datames of Cilicia, although I do rather prefer...
Nice coins all! I still need to eventually get around to buying a "nice" one of these, preferably with the DIVO CLAVDIO GOTHICO obverse legend on...
Nice one! I've dabbled in central Asia quite a bit - it's a fascinating region that produced some very alien-looking coins compared to the...
Beautiful collection! All are nice, but I really love the bronzes of Verus and young Faustina Jr, and that Divvs Marcus is just stunning! I am...
Judaean coins are actually fairly cheap, compared to focus areas like Greek, Celtic, or early Roman. If you know where to look, you can find great...
Some great suggestions given here already! Ancients are dangerous to get in to... they suck you in, and unlike most modern coins, the deeper you...
I've switched from saflips to these; very happy so far:...
I personally wouldn't recommend getting your feet wet with the 12 Caesars, especially not in high grade. That's about like saying "I want to...
Very nice! Random thought - I know that today a lot of Chinese people avoid things with the number 4 for superstitious reasons (it supposedly...
Fun surprise from a recent job lot... one of the best small module barbarous radiates I've ever seen! Tetricus I Barbarous imitation IMP TETRICVS...
I'd bet a button that's a young Caracalla.
@Spaniard, had a little time to image the "long spear" Khusro I. GW mint, I think year 7? [ATTACH]
To my knowledge, the oldest un-patinated bronze coins are from the 1600s or early 1700s. Silver does tarnish more easily, but copper is quite...
Beautiful coin and a very nice selection by the missus! I know better than to ask anyone in my family for coins as a gift. A couple years ago, my...
Well, now ya both got me convinced. You are absolutely right, it is a plain old ugly Khusro I, year 11. Oh well. :) And @Spaniard, I do indeed...
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