Our former member Ken Dorney has asked me to convey the following sad message: "One of our own, James Pickering, has passed away. James was a...
A really nice example, @robinjojo, with an extremely clear design. The control marks on yours -- the same on both sides, as is always the case...
Trajan, AE Drachm, Year 15 (111/112 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder, ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ...
Hadrian, AE 18, Baris, Pisidia (SW Anatolia N of Lycia, near today’s Farı mevkii, Kılıç, Turkey), 118-138 AD. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right,...
Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, AR Denarius 140-144 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS -...
Kind of an odd coincidence that I have both Nerva and Trajan with Fortuna on the reverse -- but not Hadrian, despite the fact that I have more...
The drowning baby is a bit too graphic for my liking. Kind of in bad taste, I think!
It definitely looks good enough to eat!
Athena recently put up a large number of new LRB's on VCoins. Many of them are very nice, except for the fact that by a remarkable coincidence,...
I get the impression that the new David Sear books are written at a much more elementary level, and pitched at a very different audience, than his...
I didn't watch the video, but it looks like Ilya, the notorious "High Ratings Low Price" guy.
When it comes to blue patina, beware of the highly artificial, chemically-achieved blue patina found on many of the Roman silver coins sold by...
Yes, that's one of the nicer ones, and I did once own a copy of it. Another favorite of mine is No. 27, the 1894 Opening of the Tower Bridge medal...
The CNG photos of the three medals I bought from them are so tiny that they really don't give a good idea of what the medals look like. So I...
Thank you. The Volteius lion biga denarius is actually rather difficult to find in decent condition -- plus on quite a few of them the lions look...
DHL and the regular German postal service are the same thing, from my understanding. If you are in the United States and a package is sent by any...
Boeotia (Boeotian League, including Thebes), AR Stater 379-338 BC. Obv. Boeotian shield / Rev. Amphora, ΔΑ-IM (Daim-, magistrate [=Daimachus?])...
A beautiful collection, @IMP Shogun! Crispina, with her telltale long neck: Crispina (wife of Commodus), AR Denarius 180-182 AD. Obv. Draped...
Very nice coins, everyone. I had never seen the ones with confronted busts before. My only Licinius I: Licinius I, silvered AE Follis, Siscia...
As I'm sure some of you know, the Corporation of the City of London issued a series of 30 large bronze medals between 1831 and 1902, celebrating...
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