I just posted a web page with a short discussion of coin I got recently from a fellow forum member (@red_spork)....
If you want to look him up on the web, his name is spelled "Cederlind".
red_spork tells a great story. Every coin has a story and I really appreciate it when members research their coins and tell us the story....
Ah! My full-size Abafil case (which I don't use because the flips don't fit) has trays 13 1/8" by 8 5/8" with 4 holes by 6. The square slots have...
What size places for the flips does your case have? Their 2x2 holes are really a bit smaller than 2x2 (They are an Italian firm that does not use...
Do you have a workspace just for coins? Do you have a coin cabinet? Here's mine-- [ATTACH] in my dreams! You can see the Berlin cabinet on-line...
Here is an Eastern mint LEG XIIII which "Eastern-mint-Doug" might like: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Septimius Severus LEG XIII GEMM V TRP COS 19-18...
What a neat collecting theme! I don't recall a woodman's saw on any ancient coin, but there are axes. Here is a tiny one from Tenedos in Troas....
Carus, Carinus, and Numerian all minted at the Tripolis mint. Here is a site listing all the types from Tripolis (there are not many)....
Doug's Carus piece does a really nice job of showing him going bald. Not many emperors admitted to thinning hair!
Copper coins of Valens (AD 364-378) are some of the most common ancient coins of all. It is easy to find inexpensive AE3's in excellent condition....
Here are really good photos of the hoard: https://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157662136312876
It's Commodus, not Marcus.
I have recently added numerous Roman, Greek, and Byzantine coins to my sale site: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/coinlist.html I also added...
Baldwin's catalogs 90 and 96 had parts of the Sellwood collection, I believe. They are on-line but I want the paper copies anyway. Most collectors...
Australia = Montana when it comes to local dealers. There are very few ancient coins for sale within hundreds of miles. In the 1980's I relied on...
That catalog came out of a time machine! Check the postal date. Was it mailed in 1975?
Okay. I fixed the dead links Ken pointed out to me (in a CoinTalk personal message). Let me know if there are other dead links or sites I failed...
I have a website linking to places to buy ancient coins: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/dealers.html The important sites are mentioned along...
The Daily Telegraph for Dec. 11, 2015 has an article...
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