A great week indeed, glad to see that you are enjoying this great hobby so much. I never get tired of reading ancient history and looking at...
Amen to that Doug! I for one have decided to push back against the current trend of renaming everything related to ancient coins just to confuse...
Teenagers? Is that what those are? I have been setting traps for them!
Not genuine
I have always wanted (but nother yet had) a coin from someone know to history only through their coins!
Very nice coins!
Tom Wood is a super nice guy and the coin is pretty cool too!
LordM, I was actually talking about the Tiberius Denarius that I sold to you after I upgraded, not the Aethelred II Penny.
I could see that as a possibility .
Three of those now live in my collection (without the plastic coffins) one came my way but I sold it and another went from me to you.
900, but I did it on my tablet and was having a little trouble moving that little spacer thingie.
I'm seeing that the bust on the Rome mint coin looks a bit rounder and has ano individual look to it while the Lugdunum/Cologne mint example from...
I do not have the coin in hand yet, these are the seller's photos.
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By the way, I have also consulted RSC which lists both, but is equally unhelpful.
I just bought an Antoninianus of Valerian with the FIDES MILITVM reverse. The Obverse has a radiate and draped bust of the emperor to the right...
To have know you in 1974! Of course I was 3 so...
If you have a photo show it, but if not at least tell us about it. For me it was a Sestertius of Caligula (RIC 51) that I bought in the late 80s...
I will defer to those with more knowledge of this era than me, but I suggest there may be a flaw with this theory. My reason for thinking this is...
I think it is a neat reverse, but Sear shows it at £23 in VF, so it it dead common.
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