Here is an Elagabalus dupondius, ca. 218 AD - RIC 285, 25mm, 12.11 grams. All of Elagabalus' dupondii are quite rare - this was among first of his...
how true is the expression "youth is wasted on the young" - Oscar Wilde?? I am 63 and I sometimes think if only I knew at 18 what I know now - but...
At one time I was worried that slabs would be become common for ancient coins. Thank God it never happened and never will happen. Every now and...
[ Although I hope to finish the post later I would love to hear comments on the first coin above which I was unable to find anywhere else - not on...
Standing Liberty is one of my favorite American coin designs except for the shoes or rather footware - it just doesn't seem to work! .....yeah a...
60 days, not 90 days!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The reverse of the Geta and Septimius is "VICTORIAE BRITTANICAE." Caracalla is dated "TRP XIIII" (211AD). I would...
i just looked at the prices paid for imperial coins - absurd. You can find easily better for less elsewhere
I got a few great coins on Heritage auctions a few years ago - it was a place where you could get a great deal but for last years or so the...
We need more like him today but that isn’t going to happen
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I’m a lawyer been studying, buying, selling and mostly collecting ancients for 21 years - limited to imperial bronze
Shows the complete dominance of condition over rarity - but rarity is an almost bizarre concept in ancient coins where even a collector of modest...
I have noticed how beautiful these are but never understood why prices are so low - I thought perhaps they were common
Looks ok to me despite the slightly goofy expression - why not check out acsearch and try to find out if the coin has a history? Might be tough...
On the contrary having a photograph your first coin is important to what I am trying to put together - a database of Elagabalus' rare sestertii....
A write-up worthy of a Celator front page article! Thanks!
Sorry it took a long time to respond - these are both beautiful sestertii! As to scarcity, I can put it like this - I do not think there s such a...
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