Nice coin! I like the portrait in your coin. I want to know what he saw to make that grin??? I wanted one of these in profile, but could not find...
@ancientcoinguru Nice loom weight. I have seen a few of those in auctions, but have not bid on one yet. They look interesting and evidently come...
I live in Texas and received a package from Vienna last week via Fedex. All of the messages showed the item in Vienna the day before. It was the...
I bought a pair of cast bars recently. As a throw-in, I bought a Q.TITI quinarius. I was paying postage, so the incremental cost was about $50. I...
Nice coin and great write-up. I bought an Owl Corinthian Helmet / Aegis Medusa Cr 463/2 from this moneyer several years ago, but have no pic to...
In this coin fight, I go Caesar's elephant. Not the best design of one on a small coin, but historic. C's coin is in great condition, well struck,...
@stevex6 Great example of a flip-over double strike. The reverse looks really interesting. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican Denarius, 121 BC...
I think the tribute penny is one of the better stories of the Bible. It is extra neat because I have a coin related to the story. I pasted the...
Wish I could attend. Maybe next year.
I think the key word when buying from a foreign company is patience. I have had good luck from Italy in the past several months. I did have a long...
@dougsmit An excellent write-up with just a tad of name dropping.
I like how the Romans revived the design of the Victoriatus for several Quinarius about 100 years later. This trips up auction houses that are in...
The Quincunx I have is a five dotter. According to Vecci, ICC, this coin series was based on a 10 uncia coin. The 5 dot coin weighed 30 to 43...
Nice web site @Valentinian ! I enjoy seeing coins posted by others. I have a few, but I can find the pic of this one, so here goes - [ATTACH]...
The answer is that weights varied a good bit. Heavy examples of the earliest denarii (211 BC) weighed 4.5 grams or more. The weight dropped to 4.0...
I like that one! Some say, the first living Roman on a coin. Mine was purchased several years ago, so I felt it did not fit the post.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Mine are cast - [ATTACH] This one was 110 euros plus vig.... Anonymous Aes Grave 280-276 BCE Rome,...
Pardon the rant. I have bought ancient coins on line for 10+ years. I am aware of the risks of putting my net worth out there for folks to see. I...
@Bojan This is not my area, but it looks like a denarius of Trajian. If you could give more details it would be easier to ID: weight, size,...
Lots of folks who "do not collect ancient coins" want to know how to grade them. It is important to learn the relationship of how a coin looks to...
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