I acquired the sestertius of Maximus, pictured below, earlier this year and didn't want to post it until I found a nice looking photo of a...
I recently added another low-budget but attractive Tet of Philip I :meh:. This is a common coin struck on a raggedy, underweight flan. Despite the...
[ATTACH] Syria - Antioch, Philip I, AD 244-249 (struck AD 244), Billon Tetradrachm: 11.80 gm, 26.35 mm, 1 h. Striking weakness on Philip's...
I'm going to celebrate the removal of a moderator's post from the top position of our forum by posting a new thread :smuggrin:. For a long time...
I recently got around to photographing these coins on a boring, stay at home day :bored:. Neither coin is rare but both have an attractive...
Neither of these coins are high-grade beauties but they are significant rarities :). The 1st coin pictured of Philip II as Caesar, is the 1st...
High-grade Koson staters have been fetching high prices at auction lately, especially NGC slabbed examples. Most of these staters are in mint...
Philip II of Macedon would hire Celtic mercenaries to aid in his military campaigns, and would often pay these warriors with gold staters struck...
Today a handsome antoninianus of Trajan Decius from the last JAZ auction arrived :D. I felt the price of $70.00 (including postage) was a bargain...
Last Friday I spotted an interesting solidus of Phocas, in Great Collections weekly listing, see photo below. The coin was "high grade" and had an...
Yesterday I sat thru the Greek and Roman Provincial Coinage sections of the auction and was impressed with what I saw. As usual many of the coins...
Last night I sat thru some of the Heritage auction of the Morris Collection. I had tracked about 10 coins hoping to find a bargain to no avail :(....
Justinian I (the Great) had an ambition to restore the Roman Empire to her former greatness. In order to do this he had to first pacify Khusru I,...
[ATTACH] Phoenicia - Tyre, 126 BC - AD 66 (struck 96/95 BC), Obverse: Laureate head of Melkart wearing a lion skin around his neck (not visible...
Yesterday the coin I won from CNG 465, lot 534 arrived :). My first impression after opening the envelope was, did they send the right coin...
Does anyone remember The Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 1973: I'm sure younger people have never heard of it. It happened at the same time of the...
I recently won this handsome follis of Constantine I from the last CNG auction, see the photo below. I needed this coin like I need a trip to...
Guy Lacam authored a monumental study of two volumes (1107 pages), La fin de L'Empire romain et le monnayage or en Italie: 455-493 (The end of the...
Have you ever searched a long time for a coin you wanted, found it, and then a short time later found a better one o_O? This happened to me...
I just got these 3 coins back from NGC yesterday after waiting 61 days :rolleyes:. All 3 were once in the Michel Prieur collection. [ATTACH]...
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