I recently got this in a lot - I've spent some time cruising Arabic dirhems and found a few that seem close, but no exact matches. As close as I...
An interesting coin, to be sure. I think the reverse inscription reads "Thessalonica" (in Greek). Did you try Wildwinds "Macedonia,...
I like this one much better than the OP. Interesting reverse too - I believe that is Gordian sacrificing. I'm a relentless bargain hunter -...
I'm no expert, so I am not making a definitive statement about patterns of debasement (or anything else) - but based on the coins in my (modest)...
In my limited experience, I've never seen a coherent pattern of debasement for Valerian (or Gallienus). Unless I screwed up my attributions,...
I like it. Thanks for posting it - early AE from the Roman Republic still baffles me mostly - this helps.
What a fascinating post! This is a great example of how Coin Talk can expand the knowledge of a single type in one place (Jochen, that...
That's a nice Halicarnassus, Brian. I recently got one in a big lot and spent a lot of time looking at these - yours is one of the better ones...
I found Valerian-era coins to be an acquired taste - all the variations in metal and strike quality, as Doug notes. As for the OP, it is about my...
John Gardner wrote a novel called The Wreckage of Agathon, which I rather like. A sort of literary/philosophical approach, mostly takes place in...
Nice one Roman Collector. Mine seems to be pretty much copper, rather than debased silver. The metal content was kind of wobbly in the Gallic...
Well, it may not be ancient, but it is interesting, Frenchy. I just did a Google search of man headed bull coins and didn't see anything quite...
Thank you so much for all your help - I re-examined it and indeed - Victor and TIF were right - I got the mintmark wrong. That is not an H, but...
Happy New Year, everybody. Yesterday the mailman closed out the year for me with a batch of 17 oddball ancients that I had a lot of fun figuring...
Just came in yesterday: three worn sestertii from eBay - I haven't ID'd them yet, but 2 Marcus Aurelius (one a beardless Caesar) and Philip II -...
Beautiful coins for sure. Here's my Saloninia with that same Venus from behind. The artwork's gone a bit abstract (or sloppy) by this time:...
Did anybody else find the Arch if Titus a bit disappointing? I saw it for the first time last year and thought it looked over-restored. After...
Great coins, zumbly. May your 2019 be equally fruitful.
Oh, I like the countermarks. Very nice TICA example, Alegandron - by "very nice" I include the fact the host coins on these are almost always...
I like it! But then I never met a low-grade sestertius that I didn't like. Low-grade ancients are still art - in your example, you have an...
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