@lrbguy I had read about the veiled portraits. In fact Sear (RCV) 2000, places these issues as lifetime issues. Your 480/19 is listed as...
@lrbguy I have read the Crawford section, but like you I did not find it very helpful in terms of chronology, and that is why I did not include...
Thanks for this @Carausius , I have just re-read Alfoldi's English paper "The portrait of Caesar on the denarii of 44 BC and the sequence of the...
@lrbguy Mine was minted in late February and your was minted sometime in April so it looks like there would be about a 1-2 month difference.
Wow, that is a superb coin. Congrats on landing such a beautiful example. The information I have on the order of minting comes from Alfoldi's...
i will echo the other comments here. Acsearch is well worth the investment. It is always an open tab on my browser. I find myself using it a few...
Very nice acquisitions
Excellent @TIF LOL
Great coins @Deacon Ray I especially like the Azes and Azes II tets.
It is a lovely coin David. I have been after a group 2 denarius of Domitian since I read about them last year. I love the toning and the portrait,...
For the imperatorial period there are certain coins that should be included. In know it is expensive but a lifetime denarius of Julius Caesar is...
I posted a thread about this book a little while ago. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-selfies.318191/
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@jamesicus I love the Charles II coins. Those are excellent. I have not ventured into the 17th century for my British coins...yet.
The books that will be useful depend on your collecting area. If you like the Flavians I highly recommend new RIC Volume II part one (2007). Try...
I only have 2 LRBs. Here is my favourite. Constantine I. Follis. Constantinople (328-9) (19.6 mm 2.60 g) Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG,...
Congrats @Ryro
For me the answer depends. 95% of my coins are vf or better. However, I have a few coins that are F+ because they are rare and I could not find...
Thank you @Parthicus for a great review. I do not have any of these coins yet, but this review has sparked an interest.
Great coins Brian! I especially like the Alexander I. I must admit I never thought of collecting Makedon coins before Alexander. I think it would...
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