I am a big fan of books. Yes, you can get a lot from web sources alone, but I still think books pay for themselves many times over (with knowledge...
I agree. Every time I win in a European auction I compute the ratio of the dollars I actually pay to the total hammer price and make a note of it...
This is true, but I think only at the very top end. The one tenth of 1% are doing very well and they want the best--which they find at Triton and...
I don't know about that. If you worked at engraving the portrait of Didius Julianus all day every day for the better part of two months and 5 days...
Yes. It worked for me too. Q helped me figure out the where we can see how many times we posted to a thread. On the main table of contents page:...
Wow! That one certainly is rare and in great condition. That's a highly desirable piece. The first three above are of Constantine II. Here is...
@thejewk , congratulations on your keen eye and knowledge. Anyone who cares about coins of that period will want RIC VI. Anyone who cares about...
That is from the same issue as the coin in the original post, which had a Constantine reverse of officina P with a Constantine II obverse that...
Mules (a.k.a. hybrids) are coins that combine an obverse type and reverse type that were not intended to be issued together. Mules can be produced...
Yes! I think many of us like ancient coins because they connect to history. If you walk around Greece or Italy or Turkey, you are never very far...
I meant this: [ATTACH] The type is of Constantine VII, 913-959. This type was issued from 945 to c. 950. 27 mm. 6.14 grams. Facing bust of...
Today, as an experiment, I paid an invoice in pounds using my PayPal balance in US dollars. PayPal gave me the rate of 1.360 dollars per pound....
That one and the Nicephorus are far nicer than usual. Most are badly overstruck. They are all really nice coins.
A few weeks ago I figured out that PayPal fees for payments in other currencies are higher than I had thought. I realized that the seller got...
It seems everyone knows at least something about the zoo series of Gallienus. I have the book on the Cunetio hoard which illustrates with line...
I find the question of whether coins help answer very interesting. Here is the result of spending far too much time (but still, not enough)...
[ATTACH] IMP MAXI-MINVS AVG This is better example than the one for sale that was illustrated above. It is for Maximinus II (at a mint of...
The one you found is the one I found and is not Galerius. The seller got the legend wrong. It is really IMP MAXIMINVS AVG. That type was not...
I just searched vcoins on "Constantius 306" [to remove Constantius II coins; 306 is his death date, "Constantius 293" got fewer hits] and then...
[ATTACH] Maximinus Thrax, 235-238 Sestertius. 29-28 mm. 19.32 grams. PAX AVGVSTI RIC 81. Sear III 8332
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