Interesting examples of patina (or not). I recently obtained a sestertius of Antoninus Pius that had been painted blue - initially making me...
Wonderful coins and a very interesting post. I'm becoming very enthusiastic about countermarked ancients, but have a lot to learn. This was a...
I got very, very lucky. The seller is one I've dealt with before - he deals in all sorts of stuff, coins and stamps, but not many ancients. He...
I got this the other day from eBay, pretty cheap ($10.50), knowing it had some problems. The ARAB ADIAB reverse made it worth a gamble, because...
Some very lovely coins here. I always considered these out of my price range, but an eBay $33 "buy it now" earlier this year landed me this one:...
Thank you for the link - the use of foreign coins in Rome is new to me and utterly fascinating, I think. For about as long as I've collected I've...
This one has lots of wear, but the portrait style seems a little finer than a lot of these side-view types I've seen: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Nice Elagabali (?) everyone. I have but one, but with (as Doug prefers) the "ELAGAB" reverse. It came in an eBay lot last year, $9.33. It has...
Strike wins for me. But then I have an inexplicable fondness for off-center ancients.
Thank you zumbly - I really appreciate this information. I will correct my attribution accordingly...and humbly withdraw my claims of a Gallienus...
Speaking of shoddy mint work, how about a Claudius II Gothicus with a Gallienus reverse die? According to some notes I found in Wildwinds, this...
This has been an interesting post - I wanted to add that I have but one Diadumenian - a tiny, fairly ugly one also from Marcianopolis. It was an...
Nice hoard find, Arashpour. And that Valbalathus is a fine one too, ancient coin hunter. I recently got my first Aurelian - a stomping on a...
I find that a lot of ancient coins I buy are mis-attributed - sometimes wildly so. Actually I kind of prefer it that way - it is more fun...
Congratulations on such a fine and important coin- and thank you for the interesting write up. I guess my favorite (this month) is a Nero as...
Nice coin. I don't think that looks like Hadrian, however, although Provincial portraits can be misleading. I found this interesting page from...
So sorry to hear this Bing! I'm sure one will come your way soon, better and cheaper! As for disappointments, here's a Ptolemy bronze from...
Really, I liked them all, but that double strike got my vote - the juxtaposition of the two heads is really freaky. I don't have many Claudius...
An interesting post, with some interesting coins. It took me a while, but I have gotten pretty enthusiastic about Valerian-Gallienus issues. The...
Another very pretty MA as Caesar as, Zumbly... this is making me want to obtain a nice-looking one for my own collection. I definitely could use...
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