I wrote this about coins as an investment. It begins with a short discussion of investing in coins in general and ends with more attention to...
I have this Samarian "owl": [ATTACH] It is tiny at 9-8 mm and 0.78 grams. His has a helmeted head of Athena right and an owl with outspread...
That is a pretty nice Caligula. 2000-year old copper often has some surface corrosion and this one may have had some "smoothed," but it came out...
Like everyone else, I'd prefer to avoid tooled and smoothed coins. Significant tooling is very bad, but for some types, like sestertii, smoothing...
It is again that time of year for me. I just renewed my "supporter" status. CoinTalk is an important part of my life and well-worth the $29 a year...
I just changed my avatar to the obverse of this follis of Diocletian which is a new acquisition. The reverse type is very common, but the obverse...
That group has a lot of nice coins would make a significant collection of Republican coins for someone else. We are all at different stages in our...
The octopus makes it special. Who doesn't want a coin with an octopus?
We all know that coins in better condition cost more--sometimes a lot more. Not long ago we had a thread in which a US nickel in MS68+ was $25,000...
Everybody know that Sol drives across the sky in a chariot: [ATTACH] Maximinus II, 305-310-313. 24 mm. 8.42 grams. Helmeted bust left holding...
I just checked mine and it is okay.
Excellent post! I enjoyed the 2007 book Justinian's Flea by William Rosen. It subtitle is "Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe." It covers...
Sometimes I have two coins of the same type and I reduce them to one by passing along the second. But, sometimes they have differences which make...
@dougsmit has some good points. I can tell you why I am thinking of switching. I am writing a web page on coins of the First Tetrarchy...
Yes, although these are just modern names. The antoninianus began under Caracalla and commenced a gradual decline in silver value until the reform...
@bcuda , you have set up your membership so that no one can start a private conversation with you. I would message you individually but I can't....
Use of nine on a coin: [ATTACH] Diocletian, aurelianus, struck 293-295 [RIC] ЄΔ (5+4) used for 9 because, in Greek, 9 is theta (Thanatos was the...
I'm glad the coin showed up. We hear stores of errors by the Post Office, but I want to put in a good word for them--at least my local people....
On the top shelf above my desk I have these: [ATTACH] A small statue of a scowling Caracalla (I don't recall where I got it--see the Capitoline...
@DonnaML , welcome! Your photos are good enough--better than many, actually. Often members post the seller's photos. I don't think anyone minds....
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