Fascinating stuff! I don't have any real artifacts; haven't found anything that speaks to me like coins do. My oldest man-made, non-coin...
Nice coins all! I've only ever owned three coins of Galba, one of which is long gone. This is the only other one I have imaged: [ATTACH] Not the...
My first serious numismatic goal (beyond filling albums of modern US coins) was a type set of Japan, Tokugawa through modern. How long I have...
Nice coins! My personal thing with Romans is that it has to have a sharp, lifelike bust. I could care less about rarity, although historical...
Aurelian looking 95% like Claudius II [ATTACH] An interesting one... Victorinus skipping right over Marius and looking like Postumus [ATTACH]
Always loved the shattered glass effect on this one's reverse [ATTACH] Sassanian empire, Bahram II
Heh, I took a nibble at that one early on for about $30. She's still a hole for me, and probably will be for a while!
A favorite of mine which I do miss terribly (but would have been a fool to turn down the offer made!) [ATTACH] Cilicia, obol of one of those...
Holy cow! Low grade, off-center Miletos diobols used to sell for £75?!
Super coin at a super price! I didn't know tets came that heavy so far into Roman rule!
Leuci is correct. As far as Gallic potin coins go, these are pretty affordable. Mine is an (earlier?) more realistic style [ATTACH]
I had one of those and used it a handful of years ago. The manager wouldn't honor it for a sundae, but did give me 40 cents off my bill for it!
If we can skip way, way ahead of ourselves... [ATTACH]
Thinking back on it, I would consider these to be lucky, because I had no idea what I was doing when I bought these. All three came from Agora...
Monogram coins are fickle. Sometimes they go for peanuts, other times for crazy money. I got mine in a lot (with other high quality coins) for $25...
I do love watching the Adventures of Florida Man!
^^ And man, oh man have I wanted that type for a while! I don't think any other reverse type does that issuer justice!
Considering that most emperors who were in power for more than a year issued, at a minimum, a couple hundred types, I would imagine the list...
I'd agree that most likely 1) He doesn't want angry parents coming back demanding the coins back (either because the coins could have been stolen,...
Lovely example! It's interesting how deification works on these early coins. Augustus and Vespasian were honored for years or even decades;...
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