You are right! I am a collector of relatively modest means and still have a number of coins that have either unique attributes or exist with...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Now that the northeast is experiencing another snowstorm I have time to write another thread. As I have mentioned in...
I did see the Lanz coin of Caracalla and was the high bidder on it until the last day or two. I recall being surprised at how high the bidding...
Thanks so much Curtis, I was not sure you were an active member. This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for, and I plan on...
Really nice coin! Of course, as to the event, the coin represents much irony. Specifically, Cassius Dio reports that, "Now Antoninus, in spite...
Note the area in the center of the forehead above the eyebrows on Caracalla's statue. I have spent alot of time considering these "knotted"...
Nice coin! I wouldn't call it a budget coin - it is a nice Caligula!
Thanks! I was hoping to hear from some Septimius specialists to confirm my conclusion, but no luck thus far!
I have read some of the ancient Chinese history by Sima Qian in which he spoke of "catties" of gold. I have no idea what a "cattie" - it might...
Fixed it - it should not have been there and I do not know how it got there - I'm still learning the system - thanks for letting me know - Blake
One of the oddities in our hobby is the concept that a coin can be "unlisted," in other words, not documented in the major catalogs. For those who...
It probably depended on the wealth of the person who passed -that's an interesting question though - however I thought that the Romans burned...
Like many people I arrived at ancient coins through an interest in ancient history. The two interests - collecting (actually more of an obsession...
that's my understanding as well - tooling, never good, smoothing - mostly ok
I have read that the sestertius provided additional space for Rome's great celators to work on. Unfortunately, the sestertius began shrinking...
I remember! This is a great site - I plan on posting a bunch of coins here that I have questions about. I like the beagle!
A Macrianus is a pretty nice find.
Quite a change from some years ago, when these were sold by the pound at the wholesale level. Some years back I saw a supermarket cart filled with...
Are people still selling uncleaned coins? I am not interested, just curious.
I would compare it to similar coins in databases like WILDWINDS, then check out the FORUM site - they have an excellent list of current fakes that...
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