I am amazed that the issue of cultural property vs private ownership has moved away from supporting private rights. I think there are more...
@Keith Twitchell I like your avatar coin - [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for sharing. How did you ID the coin? Could you read the letters? Did you know the portrait silhouette and reverse shape? Nice detective...
Nice ghost swan @zumbly . Symbols can be a deciding factor, mine was a Roman Level - I think the reverse has a sylphium seed, but that is not...
Welcome @Aunduril I agree with the folks above, RR denarii are great for new ancient coin collectors. You can buy some well struck and preserved...
RS thanks for heads up.
What a great way to spend lunch. I have moved most of my RR silver to trays that fit in my bank vault. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I try to put them in...
Happy paper anniversary! I'd like to post a scroll coin, but alas I have none (that I can remember). Maybe you can pretend that there is a scroll...
Great coins @Alegandron The coins from Carthage / North Africa are tempting extensions to my RR collection. I try to avoid another collecting...
The pics look ok, but not good enough that I would buy one of these that is that under weight. RR coins are known for wide variations in weight,...
Nice coin: well struck, centered, nicely toned and the dies must have been produced by the first string at the mint. This moneyer has a lot of...
nice coin! Hadrian's portrait in this one reminds me of Jay Leno on a good hair day. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] The urn on the left is not well cast, but you can see one handle. Aes Grave Uncia; Umbria, Tuder; 220-200 BC Obv – two handled urn,...
Welcome @LieutenantFF , you mentionedyour wife dug up years ago on the beach. You did not say where the beach is located. If you were in Italy,...
I saw this headline and thought of the many river gods on Greek and Roman coins. I have only one (I think) and it is an under strike. [ATTACH]...
It looks like a Hendin 1360 AE prutah to me. The pic matches well with the ones in SNG ANS Palestine #427 - #449 (I have the book because it was...
Two Roman coins with bigas - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coins. The Romans produced plenty of not standard coins. Show us a side shot when your Gallienus coins arrive.
I like ancient "mint errors", but I think they were not considered errors in that the workers converted metal into coins. Quality control was...
but I can imagine @TIF wearing the shirt above that says OH SHEEP!
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