Nice Britannia coins, everybody. In the not so nice category, I recently obtained a scruffy VICT BRIT AE of Commodus - Victory has lost her head...
What a terrific batch of coins - very, very nice. A question: on the Licinius No. 9 - what is it that Jupiter is wearing at his waist? Or am I...
Nice ones, maridvnvm - and duplicate ancients are not really duplicates - so I tell myself. But the method of manufacture is so "handmade" that...
Thanks, BenSi! That the puny one is an imitation makes sense. The style is a bit coarser, I think. I should add that while I was researching...
That's a nifty pile of Byzantine cup coins, Jason NZ. Sorry I can't help with attributions... Actually, if it is okay to hijack a thread a...
Thank you, Victor! Not having RIC, this is very helpful to me.
An interesting and attractive grouping. Happy hunting in '19.
Actually it's helpful to know there are 12 officinae with the list you provided. At least XII is in the list. I am really pretty new at this...
I think I might have a variation of your Faustina II - if I am interpreting your photo correctly, it is an interesting reverse type - there are 2...
Thanks for that link Sulla80. As with all of Doug's webpages, it was very informative. But there's no Claudius II in Doug's examples - and...
I really enjoy this post - collecting as a sort of organic process. I went through some photos of 2018 purchases and thought maybe this would be...
I like Byzantine coins, and have been collecting them since about 2013, but I am still easily confused - as my OP indicates. My little collection...
Wow, I feel kinda dumb now. That cross really threw me off - it looked so much like a Class 3. Thanks for your help.
Just before Christmas I got a big lot of (mostly) ancient coins. As I waded in to attribute them (those that were attributable), I came across...
Nice and ugly, Sulla80. Here is a barbarous radiate I got a while back which combines terrible artistic work with a wretched double-strike. A...
I like that a lot - worn coins tend to be what I can afford, so perhaps I am prejudiced in their favor, but this one is lovely, from the exquisite...
That debate between quality over quantity is one every collector has to answer for him/herself. I am trending, as the years go by, for quantity...
A Valerian sestertius "not good enough to sell"! Wow. That is a great coin (and a really great dealer) - your newest one is pretty spiffy too.
My first, a Septimius Severus denarius with MARS PATER reverse - bought in 1987. [ATTACH] My latest - part of a lot of 10 generically-described...
The "flow marks" aspect of the OP is confusing me. Aren't those flow marks radiating outward from IVSAV area of the obverse legend? Or am I...
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