Excellent post. Thank you. Question: Do the YNers take courses, also? (I ask since my daughter might go next year.) guy BTW: Your...
I second that idea. Since I don't collect coins, I am only interested in the history that the coin represents. I doubt any of us will ever have a...
My bad. Only the first two coins from Alexandria are mine. The last two coins I posted in this thread were from dirtyoldcoins.com. I corrected...
Martin: Your collection is both beautiful and fascinating. Ancient Greek coins are beautiful. Republican Rome coins can be nice. Collecting the...
I love the Probus coins (Probi :D) from Alexandria: [ATTACH][ATTACH] guy
I almost regret not going this year. I say "almost" since I just got back from seeing Rush in Las Vegas. Great show. :too-cool-for: Anyway, the...
Beautiful pieces. As you guys know better than me, coins made during the "crisis of the Third Century" were hastily and poorly struck. I love...
My favorite is the second coin of Constantine I with Sol. I like his continued use of Pagan symbolism despite his "conversion" to Christianity....
With NGC, at least, you can send the coin in the original capsule and they will remove it for a nominal fee ($1) before grading. PGCS is...
It makes sense to my simple mind that the tetradrachms' production and circulation would have been restricted to the more Hellenized regions of...
:thumb: Thank you, again. g.
Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge. :bow: I am always humbled and amazed by the depth of insight offered by people on this forum....
[ATTACH] I know that Roman coins from the Egypt where unique in some aspects. These coins would indicate which year of the reign they would...
I respect your choice to pursue a collection Roman spintriae. :devil: guy
Ancient Doug: I would love a Zenobia, given the historical significance of the Palmyrene splinter empire during the instability of the third...
Gallienus, I think, is under appreciated and overly condemned as an emperor. Not much that poor SOB could do as the empire disintegrated...
Continued success. :thumb: g.
My further research on the coin's reverse image of the goddess Laetitia--Roman goddess of Joy, Gaiety, and celebration--has led me to this...
Thanks everyone for sharing and attributing the coins. It gives me an incentive to learn more, for example, about Laetitia:...
I think you have a winner. guy
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