Thank you all for your comments. This was a really great experience for me, and one I hope to repeat soon. We plan to meet again at a local show...
Here is a sestertius of Commodus showing Hercules o the reverse. The man just loved that club! Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint....
Silver, he Ro? Very nice! :)
This is an interesting insight into Domitian's thinking. One has to wonder, therefore, if his strict observance of the Ludi Saeculares, is further...
I recently, just in the last few days, had the opportunity to visit with a gentleman who is slowly dissolving his collection after more 40 years...
Boy, that is some serious FDC:)! P'man, please stay away from bronzes, you will not like them! Seriously, stay with the gold. (PS- I am just...
Thank you very much, Ro and IdesOfMarch01. I believe you have solved the mystery. It was my oversight. As you both mention, this is actually...
Thank you, Mat:)
I know my friend, the disease is incurable - no remedy possible.... I remember promising myself at the beginning of the year I would really...
Amazing! It will be interesting to find which of the many Celtic tribe(s) minted these coins. When talking about 'the Celts' one must remember...
Would greatly appreciate your help properly attributing this low grade/corroded ADLOCVT sestertius of Nero. The obverse legend reads (as best as...
3 or 4 here too. I go with #3.
Excellent advice T.C! Having gone through an episode of severe emotional stress once in my life, I also found that physical exercise really did help.
My experience regarding language abilities in Europe is pretty much the same as Bing's: Having lived in the U.K, Belgium and Germany, and worked...
Deacon Ray, yours is one of the most inspiring reasons for collecting ancients coins that I have read in a while. Certainly not a run of the mill...
J.G, is that the coin you won at the Kriecheldorf auction? If so, congratulations are in order.
This is a very interesting thread. I racked my brains trying to come up with examples (meaning I went thru my coins trying to reason why any of...
Valentinan is correct: the word 'nachgeschnitten' when used to describe ancient coins means tooled. Absolutely. Devices have been...
I am seeing Vespasian in #2. The others are definitely busts of Vitellius. I am guessing your new Vespasian looks a lot like Vitellius? This is...
A beautiful Didia Clara, and certainly better than entry level! It is great that you are able to visit all of those exotic and adventurous...
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