This is a common "foot in the door" psychological phenomena. Ask for something small before you ask for something big. Once people have committed...
I'm not sure exactly. Given how we see different mints using different spellings on the same type, or even the same mint (Antioch) using both...
Thanks! Yes - ANT in exergue and either crescent ("u") or star ("*") in field. The quadriga issues are a bit odd in that they appear to belong to...
I'm not aware of any good resources for the eastern coinage. If we're just talking about Maximinus II's coinage (vs the western SOLI INVICTO...
I keep photos of sales of all coin types I'm interested in, together with all relevant information: size, weight, price, date sold. I have a...
All of the above, plus low starting prices and "estimates" helps lure in more bidders who will help drive prices up. I completely ignore...
I don't want to derail this thread, so here's a couple more of mine to celebrate the type - a favorite of mine, of which I have plenty! Here's...
While scarce, these still seem too plentiful to be mules, and if mules one might ask: 1) Why always Gloria Ex reverse with city obverse, not vice...
I don't think anyone is questioning the sequencing of the normal 2 standards and 1 standard Gloria Exercitvs types/issues, including associated...
Yes, but they're also listed in RIC VIII. Just wondering if there's any evidence to support them belonging one place or the other, or both....
What's the evidence for these starting while Constantine was alive?
Great coin! This is the type that got me started collecting LRB's about 18 years ago. I still have that first coin, below, although perhaps it...
Most of these traditional roman deities disappeared from the bronze coinage with Diocletian's coinage reform. By the time of Constantine SPES...
Searching for "abschlage" on AC Search mostly comes up with coins for Postumus with jugate-with-Hercules obverses. A bunch of these were sold in...
I've always wondered about this ... Very occasionally you see Constantine era bronze coins (what I mostly pay attention to) that appear to be...
I've always had good luck stuffing EUR notes in an envelope and crossing my fingers. Zero loss rate. You can buy EUR at some banks such as CHASE...
So, in summary, the only pre-bids you won were at your max or one level below. If the auction houses were NOT "shill bidding" then you'd expect a...
Ah - thanks! So it seems there must be two different Becker Decentius PRINCIPI types. Your quote from Hill's book refers to the "smaller"...
Interesting bust style - looks rather like Gallienus!
Yes, it certainly exists as a type - without the Chi-Rho - for Decentius with the NOB CAES legend (as well as with FORT CAES), but I've only seen...
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