Plus the so called fraudulent documents is forced on sellers and buyers due to a corrupt and irrational system. And again will Germany in a couple...
Stolen goods? Stolen from what? A modern government claiming ownership based on”cultural patrimony” or some such nonsense? Many of the places...
Or let’s say someone in New York City bought a piece of property and found a letter belong to Peter Styvescent (sp?) or an Indian artifact from a...
I have a lot more to say about this since some years ago I was involved as an attorney in one of these cases, but I just do not have the time to...
Well said!
So the streets of New York are filled with crime (my sister got mugged not too long ago on 33rd Street and no one in my family will take the...
The concept of any objects being "culturally important" is utter nonsense. It is not as if the culture that produced these objects is still...
I still have to respond to this. There is a fake of this type on the Forum site - I have compared the two but it does not look the same. Would...
this is terrific - thanks - Blake
Not in the major databases - has to be very rare
It is RIC 461 - I have never seen an example. I have a rare one with RECTOR ORBIS but it was struck much earlier -
It is a sestertius of Caracalla with the reverse RESTITOR ORBIS - Roma Seared - is a very rare coin and I would love to see it - Blake
Thanks - Ottoman makes sense - Blake
Thanks - I agree with you about the first two being Bulgarian. I’ll take a closer look at Wildwinds and one other source
the response earlier was immediate but these must be quite mysterious - I still think the first two are Bulgarian
One aspect of this hobby that I thoroughly enjoy is attributing coins. Getting a coin that you like is great but other than looking at it and...
A beautiful piece! Rarity is such a interesting concept in ancient coins.
It is actually easy to differentiate the sestertii of Caracalla and Elagabalus - the portraits do not really look the same.
Yes it is most definitely definitely Elagabalus!
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