I remember as a kid in the early 1960's you could buy confederate money by the pound. Then they became collectable. Reminds me of the thousands of...
Beautiful coin and a terrific counterpart that illustrates quite nicely the difference in portraiture between Lugdunum and Rome.
When I was a kid, collecting US pennies and the like, and poring over the 1964 "Redbook" I would come upon coins that were so rare that instead of...
I am sometimes floored at end prices of common coins on European auctions - I wish I recall specific examples. I watched much of a European...
One of the wonderful things about this hobby is the sometime ability to find nice coins at a good price. Also it is a good feeling to participate...
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Beautiful portrait - tough to find something this nice for Septimius.
Nice! I was seven at the time, was very much a coin collector - I remember how excited I was when my dad bought me two proof sets for the year...
Wonderful write up and response. I bought a copy of Zosimus's book from Amazon some months ago. His accuracy about many things is less than great....
For those who like the coins of Septimius Severus there is a HUGE Very HEAVY example of this type being sold by Naville Numismatics zzz I forget...
Been looking for one of these in a sestertii for years - CNG had one about six months ago but it was a low point in my finances so I had to forego it.
Nice Septimius - I have one of the same type, but with an unlisted bust type. I have never been able to figure out why the Rome mint only used...
I think that Septimius was angry with the Senate over their support of Clodius Albinus - not that the Senate had any say over the coinage - but...
Just came across this - nice example - for some reason IMP IIII of this type appear to be more difficult to find than IMP III. I have one of each...
I love these Thracian coins with the Mars reverse - who says the Rome mint always has the best engravers?
Are coin now not coming from Europe - I am expecting a couple -
I think I have a die match of the last one ...find out tonight -
This is a wonderful coin - I have seen only one other example, which was for sale a few years ago, before I became ultra interested in his coins....
Curtis - you had actually commented on the IMP X article I wrote - it was the one on the Victory IMP X type. The link is here:...
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