During the past week I've been trying to organize the Diocletian era nummi I've acquired over the years. One coin I hadn't looked at in many years...
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I recently won two small silver coins from the famous East Harptree Hoard, see photos below. The Harptree Hoard was found in 1887 in a small...
Today the auction catalog of The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins, Sotheby's, NYC, June 19, 1990, arrived...
Attached below are my 5 favorite acquisitions for this year :D. Next year I plan on hiding the checkbook & Visa Card so I can organize what I have...
Some recent CoinTalk threads on Diocletian era folles stirred me to take a closer look at the most common reverse type seen on these coins, Genius...
Have you ever overpaid for a coin you really wanted? I've fallen into that trap more than once :confused:. Several years ago I was determined to...
The 1st coin pictured below is Lot 230, a follis of Constantius I as Caesar. Although I've got a number of folles from this emperor this is the...
Last Thursday I won the Byzantine gold Histamenon Nomisma, pictured below, from Roma E-Sale 63, lot 1134. Friday morning I took a closer look at...
Over the weekend I found two more "junk box" finds bought decades ago pictured below, probably $5.00 each :meh:. The 1st one looks like it could...
After searching through all my Diocletian Reform era folli earlier this year I was surprised to see no examples from the Serdica Mint o_O. Finally...
I've been on a quest to acquire all the Syrian Tets of Antioch, from Trajan Decius, that identify the different Officina (mint work shops) used...
The coin pictured below has been sitting in my photo tray for a long time and I finally got some pics of it this weekend :). I'm not sure why I...
In the fall of 1974 I returned from California after living the "hippie" life style for over four years :cool:, and like the old saying goes "I...
I finally got around to photographing the tetradrachm pictured below that I scored from CNG auction 453. The coin is an excellent strike from...
Last night while rifling through my desk I found these two off-center coins that I must have bought long ago. I don't collect error coins and...
Last night I was searching through my desk looking for some staples and stumbled on these odd looking coins or tokens that I must have bought...
Yesterday I stumbled on one of my early mistakes, and a very embarrassing one I might add :shame:! At the age of 17 (54 years ago), I just...
I just scored the Athenian Owl pictured below at Roma E-Sale 62, for $705.08, including the buyers premium :D. Photo courtesy of Roma Numismatics...
Luck was with me at the CNG 453 E-Auction, & I managed to score two more coins from the Michel Prieur collection. The first coin pictured below is...
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