Thanks, and I like your coin, too!
These three just arrived from London ancient coins; all three were purchased for their patinas. Mercifully, all three came in flips. I'm...
Why doesn't one come across more uncleaned nummi? I'd like to find a nice green one.
Wow, last time I use fleabay. It's dead to me.
I'm inept at coin photography, but the photos made my efforts seem magnificent. I collect ancients; what do these coins normally go for? The...
How long did Sassanian drachms circulate and what did they use for small change?
[ATTACH] FAUSTUS CORNELIUS SULLA AR silver denarius. Struck 56 BC. Laureate and diademed bust of Venus right; scepter on shoulder, SC behind....
It's surprising there aren't more hardly circulated S805s, given the turbulence of the era.
I think I underestimated my budget a bit. Stay tuned. I can comfortably do $300 often, 500 fairly often, and 1,000 on occasion.
I like third century Sestertii.
I like it!
Hi-yo!
For those who like a lot of overstrikes:...
A lb. box of Aunt Jemima pancakes was 24 cents ! :jawdrop::wideyed::wacky: Hmm, I also found a calendar from 1968. It's funny what finds in old...
How quickly do you think the massive Justinian folles were driven out of circulation? Did the pre-reform issues circulate at a lower tariff?
Thanks, and you have a great Byzantine collection! Oh, the demand for Byzantine is up again? I only recently got back into Byzantine, partly due...
There's a 1974 box of Aunt Jemima in the basement cabinet :wideyed:. I'll go see if it has a price. (The house was once my grandparents'). I...
The OP's coin is very nice. Mine's certainly not terrible; not as nice as that, but it's holed. It was something my dad picked up from the local...
[ATTACH] Hides in a corner; it's so ugly :oops:, it must surely be the worst Caesar portrait denarius out there.:yuck: JULIUS CAESAR AR silver...
The Heraclius S805 issue is one of the most common in the Byzantine series; I ordered many of them when Allen Berman had his 4/20 junkbox deal....
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