I re-read an interesting paper today on early Roman money by M. Molinari. It is posted on Academia.edu -...
@dougsmit Yes, the author is a name you have heard leading the movement to outlaw private ownership of ancient coins. Doug, We have at least...
Nice coins. I do not have an Imperial one of these. Romans used bronze as a medium of exchange before they minted coins. The top pic is my puppy...
I thought that some of the prices charged for shipping were high until I started looking at the postage on the packages sent. It is not uncommon...
I would shoot for an alternate form of proof. I would offer something that a local authority would accept. Black out any non-essential info on...
Nice coins. I think the coins with a young Geta are some of the best of the Roman Imperial series.
Great post!
An interesting, and a bit troubling, piece of information on this coin is the die axis. I looked at other examples of this coin series (Cr 18/1 -...
Great coin @zumbly . I agree the art work on this one is great and production at the mint was less than perfect. I called this coin my...
thanks RS
My favorite is a bear chomping on a snake. I bought it to give to a Baylor student, but never sent it. I sent two more modern bear coins. [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] An interesting cast bronze quadrans arrived last week. It is from the second series of cast coins issued by Rome in about 270...
For now, I have my treasures in two Safety Deposit Boxes. I bought a couple of Abafil cases with trays. I leave the trays in the SDBs. The large...
Great photo @Orfew . Is that a 12 Caesar set I see in the pile? I am a big fan of family pictures - My cast bronze colledtion [ATTACH] My...
Great coin @Nerva . Welcome. I like that your reverse is all on the flan and not chopped (like mine). I think it is interesting that people who...
@Alegandron You did a great job showing details on your frog / corn ear coin. I have struggled with picture taking. I am a bit surprised at the...
@lordmarcovan Nice Jeton. These pieces must have circulated as money,pocket pieces, math counters, etc. because I find them in grades from well...
Great looking group.
I think success rate is a function of how much I (you) want an item and how deep your pockets are compared to the pocket of the next high bidder....
My sister who lives there is in misery when the Cards are not playing well. They are playing "only" 500 ball, so I console her by reminding her...
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