Great coin. Her name sounds like it should go on the front of a cereal box. [ATTACH]
Nice coin, and good job springing it from jail.
I picked up a cast bar from a German auction on 10/10. Shipments from Italy and Great Britain are faster! It arrived Saturday, or just over a...
TIF, I like how you plan for an auction and pursue selected targets. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am glad you hunt first for Roman Egypt...
I have a longer description of cast money (and pre-money) here: http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/12/aes-money-from-republican-rome-and.html I...
I am not sure this is a normal RS bar. There is not enough here to define the pattern. I can see one well defined line at a diagonal to the sides...
Ancient coins often are less than perfect. Doubling can be seen on all but the cast Roman coins. This one is a bit less common, it is a flip over...
This cast bronze, Ramo Secco, bar is 30 mm wide at the top and 40 mm wide at the base. It is about 30 mm thick, but the top part is only 10 mm...
Sear has two books that cover the RR period, the one mentioned by Doug above and one on Roman Imperators from 49 - 27 BC. The go to book for RR is...
Same here. I am working nights..... booo. That let me pick a time and there was no line at any of the 3 stops it took to vote. When I walked out,...
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I saw an interesting coin on a stamp today. This one is a bit pricey, but not as expensive as the coin in good shape. The auction has several...
Great coin, interesting coins in the post! My only one is an understrike - [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice desktop Orfew! Mine is water meets aluminum alkyl from a safety demo at work. [ATTACH] You do not want to stand behind a nervous person at...
Great pic and photo composition. I am still learning to take pics that show well here. My compositions are done with one shot. A few cast...
Good thread idea! I have one, same as op coin, and would like a couple more. This is one of my first RR coins. I bought this one from an Ed Wadell...
No bull, I like the bronze coin!
Wow, great coin, good features on Janus head and nice patina. Mine is about the same size. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican. Libral standard....
Nice coin! I am sure it is glad to be free.
Interesting paper. The imitations looked enough like Roman Coins to say they were modeled after them, but did not look like them! One of my wish...
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