One of my favorite bronze coins is this as of Claudius that I acquired last year: [ATTACH] CLAUDIUS 41 - 54 A.D. AE As (9.41 g.) Rome 50 - 54...
I only started adding AE coins to my collection around 18 months ago. While I feel very comfortable evaluating AV and AR Roman coins, my...
One of the first toned coins I acquired was the following: [ATTACH] CLAUDIUS 10 B.C. - 54 A.D. AR Denarius (3.63 gm.) Rome 50 - 51 A.D....
I thought I might post pictures of selected coins from my collection, along with my thoughts on the coins when I purchased them as well as my...
It's clear that there are many, many people enjoying this thread -- certainly those who follow it even if they don't specifically reply to any...
To a great extent, my interest in the 12 Caesars period was inspired by the great British TV series "I Claudius" (adapted from Robert Graves'...
Good insight. Your comment above mirrors my personal sense of collecting -- having some sort of theme makes the hobby even more enjoyable, in...
Forgive me if this topic has been discussed before, but I've only recently stumbled upon this site. I'm curious about whether or not most of the...
Thanks for the compliments. Compared to other ancient collections here, the scope of my own collection is somewhat prosaic: portrait coins of...
Typical auction coin, with 17.5% vig (buyer's fee) and exchange rate (Swiss Franc) added post-auction. You're correct that a double-strike on the...
A coin that I liked a lot, so I purchased it, but it does have a noticeable double-strike on the reverse: [ATTACH] Thoughts? Comments?
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