PS Doug Smith has an excellent article on die studies that I went back to again after reading this piece.
Terrific article! I have noticed, however, in examining Roman coins that in many instances where I saw a die match on first examination, further...
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I can’t believe it took me this long to respond - I love the blue patina I love the blue patina on the first coin, and you are correct, it is...
Terrific write up! Wonder how these went for?
Fascinating post: two questions: where did the information come from on the coinage of the four regions and second - do you know of any sites or...
You do know your Stooges! I remember watching the movie “Trading Places” and thinking that it was nothing more than a remake of the HOI POLOI...
Wasn’t there a Three Stooges episode called “Among the Hoi Polloi”? Wonder if they used it correctly.
The number of multiple coin lots shown on Tritan III are shocking!! So many hundreds of sestertii for what today seems absurdly low estimates - I...
Curtis: I apologize for taking so long to get back to you - I suspected you would know alot about the type and I was not disappointed....
The left facing As is beautiful - I like the bust type. I bought my Geta as Caesar on ebay for a reasonable price (far less than four figures)....
By the way there is a very rare sestertius of Geta on German ebay, but it looks a bit....- anyone else see this and the others being sold?
I always assumed that since the soldiers were paid in silver and gold, Septimius could care less about the bronze, the coin of the provincial hoi...
I have read that in the 19th century collectors were much more interested in rarity (as opposed to condition) than today - it could be that most...
This really is a beautiful reverse- I THINK a similar type is illustrated in the Sayles book on provincial coins - a wonderful series, by the way....
Beautiful coin! And RARE!
Jeez! You are right about the reverse - stunning - some of the celators in the boondocks obviously had great skill - a lovely coin! Too bad...
Valerian I Sestertius 14.01 grams 30mm RIC 184 - noted as common, but a check of databases indicates that rare or scarce would be more accurate....
Let me add one other detail - the extra "I" is muich more clear on the coin than the photograph - I suspect it was an error, but interesting all...
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