Thank you for reading my post. I don't want to mislead you. The numismatic evidence presented in this book, although interesting and insightful,...
Nice jeton. Anything before the restoration (1660) is too brutal for me, I appreciate the beauty of the piece. As you know, Charles I was the...
Not wanting to go too far off tangent.... For anyone interested in Elagabalus, I recommend Martin Icks' book "The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life...
Nice coin. Nice history. Right now, I'm lost in 17th and 18th century England/Great Britain. I'm now in the midst of reading Jesse Norman's...
For me, anytime before 1660 (the Restoration) or 1688 (The Glorious Revolution) was too bleak and cruel. Anytime after 1837 (the accession of...
Both gold and silver have been viewed as a store of value (rightly or wrongly) for thousands of years. Although rarer, other metals have not been...
I'm always surprised which coins "slip through" for a lower-than-expected bid in a large set of coins that should have all seen high bids....
(I only caught this old thread when I was doing research for another topic.) I love early milled English / British coinage (pre-1837), especially...
Any insight or opinions appreciated about the bottom medal. (The quotes are from An Introduction to Commemorative Medals in England 1685-1746:...
Thank you for bringing Seneca's quote to my attention. Seneca: It would easy to dismiss Seneca as "only a philosopher" and not a...
Both very nce. As an aside, I sort of enjoy those partially silvered Antoniniani. The superficial and delicate silver wash that remains is, for...
Gallienus’s rule represented the depth of the Crisis of the Third Century. Gallienus shared rule of the Roman Empire with his father from AD...
Good pick up. What's most interesting about this coin is that the obverse inscription has 31 letters. That's remarkable for ancient technology...
The history behind the coin and the image of the aqueduct are really fantastic. If Wikipedia is to be believed... "That's alotta meatballs."...
Don and others are exactly correct: Attending the summer ANA seminar can be a very positive and life-changing experience. You will have the...
Romano-British history at its best. Here's mine: [ATTACH][ATTACH] This one isn't mine, but.... [ATTACH] I love the AVGGG on the...
Great coin. Great history. Do you have any of the the other Syrian empresses of the Severan dynsasty? [ATTACH] guy
First, I don't collect coins...but I sure do "accumulate" ones from the times in history that interest me the most. Except for some bullion, I...
Nice coin. More importantly, nice piece of history. Carinus represented the end of a short-lived dynasty (AD 282-285)with great potential. He was...
My understanding is that a national emblem for Hanover was the horse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoverian_horse There is a nice medal...
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