I recently added the coin pictured below from Roma E-Sale 75. After searching a long time for an example from the London Mint I stumbled on this...
The coin pictured below I recently added to my collection; it first appeared in CNG's Coin Shop in July, 2006, where it sold for $245.00....
NGC created an interesting video of the Ides of March aureus that Roma Numismatics will be auctioning soon :D. See the link below....
In 2012 I decided to unload all my Chinese coins at auction, taking advantage of the surging prices at that time :D. I sent my coins to NGC to get...
I had no idea Bitcoins were being slabbed until I saw this token last night at a Great Collections auction o_O. This token really looks bizarre...
I purchased the Chinese 1920 "Fat Man" Dollar pictured below at a local coin show in Rochester, NY in 1982 for $20.00, long before the runup in...
I just finished reading this lengthy but interesting article on Nero, from the Smithsonian Magazine & felt a need to share it. See the link below...
A couple of days ago I won the scarce follis of Galerius pictured below from CNG 477 :happy:. Despite the doubling on the reverse the coin is in...
The ancient coin market is alive & doing well :D! Most of the coins with a provenance of 20 years or more were getting exceptionally high prices....
Roma Auction XX is offering the Ides of March aureus, lot 463, one of only 3 known examples, starting bid of 500,000 pounds :jawdrop:! The coin...
I recently scored a very common but attractive Constantine the Great billon "Camp Gate" centenionalis from the Trier Mint. This coin type is among...
I enjoy reviewing auction results from Great Collection auctions (GC) because of their frequency, every Sunday. After the gold price broke the...
The 2nd half of the 3rd century of the Christian era saw a Roman empire that was slowly crumbling under the weight of barbarian incursions &...
Last week two friends & I took a trip to the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) to see a couple of new exhibits. The CMOG is the largest museum of...
The coin pictured below is being offered for auction this weekend by G.C., & has been graded by PCGS, considered a conservative TPG company. Now...
I finally got around to photographing this coin I scored earlier this year, pictured below. It was labeled RIC VI, 61b, but now I'm not so sure of...
If anyone thought the ancient coin market was slowing down, think again :smuggrin:. I watched Part I of the ancient coins on Thursday, featuring...
Over the weekend I was able to locate the 1st Republican denarius I bought in 1966 at a coin show in Rochester, NY, for $15.00, pictured below....
Alexandria, Egypt was the 2nd most important city in the Roman Empire for a variety of reasons. Most of us are well aware of the long tradition of...
Hostilian was the youngest son of Emperor Trajan Decius, AD 249-251, and Herennia Etruscilla. The eldest son of Decius, Herennius Etruscus was...
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