To say that we live in unusual times is a definite understatement. With the world in the middle of a pandemic, with many unknowns and no...
Hi Richard I would like to amend my comment to include any individuals with preexisting medical conditions, including COPD, heart disease and...
Hello Richard You should also consider social distancing during the live auction. Participants should be kept well apart. Also, I would...
Nice! I have two tetradrachms, Antioch, of Trajan, one with the Melqart reverse and the other with the Tyche seated reverse. Vespasian is much...
True. Even in Athens, our model for democracy, women were denied political freedom and they could not participate in the Athenian Assembly....
Yes, bloody, murderous times they were. Claudius escaped becoming a victim during the reign of Tiberius due to the view that he was feeble...
It looks brassy - probably not gold. Generally, gold is a butter yellow, but somewhat darker when alloyed with copper or whiter when alloyed...
Tiberius was a nasty piece of work in his later years as well. According to I Claudius Livia did not get enough (or any) credit administering...
How awful! I am sure Marcus Licinius Crassus must have found that act difficult to swallow!
I heard that toilet paper is being hoarded by shoppers in order for families to make lots of toilet paper origami while confined to their homes....
That's a very nice bulk lot. Quite often bulk lots provide opportunities to obtain really nice coins at a reasonable price.
Yes, Caracalla, and Caligula who had Tiberius murdered (suffocated in bed, as described in I Claudius). He then went on, as emperor, murder...
No. The collection is stored, and is in serious need of organizing, labeling and photographing. I procrastinate.
That's a well struck and centered example, with nearly full legends. Nice!
We are certainly living through tumultuous times, with covid-19 posing as the latest threat to our health and well-being. Of course, history is...
Those are very interesting examples. Based on the weights, they appear to be drachm to obol. The Arabian imitations are expressed as unit and...
That might be true, or that recessed area is due to corrosion. There's a definite loss of detail. The rest of the portrait is very nice.
Agree
I really like the bust. It is very well modeled for this period. No, I haven't examined the under-type yet.
That's a really nice bust of Postumus.
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