Again, thank you so much for the kind words about an apparently pretty lucky bid. Wasting enormous amounts of time looking at eBay auctions...
Great post for an interesting year. That Julian Calendar was great, then the Gregorian calendar came along and made things confusing for...
Thank you all for your affirmations and for sharing those lovely Sextus Pompeys. I really need to get some more now - I have the fever!
First off, Happy New Year's to you all. I hope you have a healthy & happy & coin-laden 2020. At the end of 2019 I chanced on something out of...
[ATTACH] Egypt Potin Tetradrachm Commodus Year 30 (189/190 A.D.) Alexandria Mint Laureate head right, MAKO-MANTWCEBEVCEB / ΠP O NOIA...
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First of all, zumbly, thanks so much for the correction to my attribution - laureate it is! I looked over my notes - I cut-n-paste for my...
This guide is available online - I think I got the link originally from a CT post - I'm not sure what the copyright status is on this - it appears...
I've posted this freak before, but it seems appropriate: Diameter: 32 mm Weight: 13.70 grams Metal: Looks like brass Dies Used: Sestertius...
2:55 AM here, also with cat-related insomnia. So I'm working up a small batch of stuff I got yesterday from my local dealer's junk drawers, 3 of...
Very interesting coin, and dilemma. The dies do seem a bit small for the flan used - which gives it an attractive "uncrowded" appearance - as die...
A very, very inexpert opinion here - I do not care for this coin at all, smoothed or not. It has a kind of fakey pressed look to it, and I do not...
Here is what I think is a Valentinian I? SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE type. The mintmark confuses me. Sisicia? Sirmium? Dot - Delta - SIMB ?...
Wayne G. Sayles book Ancient Coin Collecting IV: Roman Provincial Coins (v. 4) was pretty helpful to me. My local library has it, and I've...
Welcome aboard, Tony! I really like that sestertius - and I really like Commodus coins in general. I have a bunch of low-grade common ones, but...
Interesting & informative write-up. I have two denarii and a sestertius from the pre-PIVS era. I can't find photos of the silver, but here's the...
Welcome to Coin Talk, Bardolph! The "REX" is on the obverse (portrait) side. The "REG" is on the reverse and probably is short for REGNVM...
Fascinating discussion of something I've been wondering about - the size and weight of bronzes of that era. It inspired me to take a group photo...
17/20. I missed the aureus weight too - if I owned one I might've guessed better, maybe. Then there is that very early Roman Republican...
Thank you, Andres2! I appreciate the confirmation of my hunch. Yours is a lot nicer than mine - I like how Victory is really having to stretch...
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