I'm sorry. Maybe you can clear this up for me. guy
I see PCGS is now doing "coin restoration." http://www.pcgs.com/restoration/ Of course, NGC has been doing that for some time. I'm not sure...
Nice coins. I frequently refer back to this chart to keep the Severan Syrian princesses straight in my feeble mind: [ATTACH]
Great piece of history. The sometimes unreliable Herodian, the Roman historian of Syrian descent, writes about the stone: This stone is...
Mark : Your avatar warms my heart: [ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
Thank you for your response Ancient Doug. I did not mean to hijack this thread, so I will share some of my English / British friends:...
[ATTACH] (Not my coin. Courtesy of Wildwinds.com) Tiberius, Æ sestertius, (26.81g) Rome Mint, 36-37 AD, Quadriga right. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F...
Interesting point. Maybe a myth, but the following sounds possible: guy
I can't speak for modern or supermodern coinage, but it's not uncommon for earlier planchets (especially copper) to have intrinsic defects. As you...
Cucombor: A really beautiful coin. Great condition. What's really impressive is the amount of silver still on the antoninianus. Wow. guy
Since you asked.... http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/vabalathus/t.html guy
Thank you for your rapid post, Ancient Doug. I, too, believe that to be true. (Interestingly, Pat Southern agrees with your suggestion that the...
Set me right, everyone. I thought all these Aurelian / Valabathus coins were minted in either Antioch (with the Aurelian radiate head) or...
Beautiful,beautiful pieces of history. Here's mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Absolutely, one of the most fascinating periods in Roman history....
Just an addendum: It's surprising that Decius didn't include Julius Caesar with the "divi series." He certainly would have been worthy of the...
An interesting aside, but relevant to the above.... In AD 107 (about a century and a half before the Decius divi series), Trajan issued a series...
Thanks, everyone for your thoughtful posts. (Great looking coins, Cucumbor :cool:) I am sure the ranking of "the best Emperors" changed over the...
As I'm developing my thoughts about this series, here's the article: It was perhaps these unstable and unhappy times that prompted Decius to...
Those are beautiful modern farthings. But come, join us. The older farthings are calling: guy [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a slightly different perspective on this coin. First, 1830 was an important landmark year in Great Britain (or more correctly, the United...
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