an unofficial issue from the Freckenham Hoard of 1948; which contained almost 600 Constantinian era coins. [ATTACH] Constantius II circa A.D....
as a companion to the post "my boat came in", a post dedicated to the Navy. As a Ex-Navy and a passionate LRB collector-- post your nautical...
Maximianus as Hercules https://tinyurl.com/ytm5m2tp
Yes. How many movies, TV shows, books etc are about Vitellius or even mention him?
That's why another factor is popularity. Vitellius is not a "popular" emperor.
You have to look at how long they were emperor-- Claudius ruled only 4 years. You also have to factor in popularity. Tiberius "tribute" denarii...
Listings like these take advantage of two things-- ignorance and greed. Ignorance in not reading and understanding the description and greed for...
I just added this coin from a 19th- 20th century collection [ATTACH] Maximianus A.D. 289 Ӕ Antoninianus 23mm 3.8g IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG;...
Their buyer contacted me after seeing an online post about the coin.
I was reminiscing about group lots and thought that I would post my best coin ever from a group lot. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It was a...
far from too perfect...the search function is non-existent. You can only sort by highest price, lowest price, latest and most popular.
He is an eBay seller that listed several group lots of ancients; but nothing since then. He doesn't seem to deal with ancients; but somehow...
They are for my collection.
Sometimes I buy group lots for just one coin and this week I scored two unlisted coins. The first is a Constantine I from a group of 10 coins. It...
Yes, the dealer states-- “THIS IS A STOCK PHOTO. YOU WILL RECEIVE A COIN SIMILAR TO THE COIN IN THE PHOTO” it is also one of his negative...
I just won this unofficial Tetricus with SPES reverse. It would have passed as official without close inspection as the spelling is right and the...
here is another small coin that has an obverse that looks like Tetricus I paired with a reverse that resembles a Tetricus II reverse with a vase....
this unofficial issue reminded me of a trial strike but it is merely a small module (10 mm die) struck on a larger flan. [ATTACH] Tetricus I...
That's how I have found some of my rarest coins. I frequently buy group lots because of one or two coins and then the rest get tossed into a jar.
I have a couple of pounds of LRB's on the back burner [ATTACH]
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