Wonderful - puts to shame my own research.
Wasn't this the city that Maximinus put under siege and his failure to take it led to his demise? Speaking about Atilla -one of the mysteries of...
Thanks to all for the comments - the inscription is Nicea - but I cannot find anything from Nicea that looks remotely like this. The group of...
I recently won this unusual coin in a group of five coins from Numismatick Naumann. It is a puzzling piece - appears to be genuine but cannot...
There are two possibilities here - first, the thieves will simply melt down the coins, and sell the gold as bullion - safest way from the point...
Right and the - forget the name - that were sent to Rome in ancient times and that Egypt now wants back. Cultural patrimony humbug. Wonderful...
Beautiful site - I know that Septimius struck architectural coins - they are very rare in all metals and it could be that the image is from Lepis...
I have been selling ancient coins as MORTOWN on ebay for 26 years. During that time I have sold well over 10,000 to 15,000 coins, all types, all...
I would love to buy one of these as a sestertius but could not afford the $3,000+ cost that Berk was seeking. This denarius is a beauty!
I should add that two of the sestertii of Caracalla came via Harlan Berk from the collection of Curtis Clay, formerly an active member here and...
Beautiful example!
Here is my latest and probably last one for quite some time - I had to sell two guitars and an amplifier- my other hobby - to be able to buy this...
How does one even find estate collections - some sellers claim estate sales but these seem to usually be it means fakes for sale. But these are...
Here's my monthly advertisement - Besides myself I count about three or four sellers on ebay who have been at it since the craziness of the...
Exactly - it Hrrek to some extent as well - Plutarch and others wrote so that great deeds of men should not be forgotten and as examples to...
I love to read ancient histories while looking at coins from the era I am reading about. I very much recommend any of these ancient authors: For...
Darn POOR PROOFREADING!! Blake
As stated in my posts on this site my focus in this wonderful hobby is sestertii of the reign of Septimius Severus, up to Elagabalus. Why...
This is terrific! Overshadowed is right! I didn’t think there were enough Jews left after the revolts ca. 68AD, ca. 132AD and one little know...
You can forget about bidding in European auctions or buying coins anywhere outside the borders except a few countries for now - the tariffs are...
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