Gorgeous coins!
Nice coin, welcome to ancients. I don't have a Gallienus yet - I keep waiting for a good-looking one cheap. Yours for $5 sounds like a deal to...
Nice snacks, fellas. I think my whole collection is made up of "snacks." Here are a couple of things I picked up, sometimes by accident, in eBay...
I love that Van Gogh - I recently started in on the Naifeh-Smith biography of the artist, where I first encountered "Sorrow" - what a great work,...
Thanks for the info, Ed. Yeah, I kind of figured that book may be all but unobtainable (like Crawford's Roman Republican 2-decker). Thanks for...
Thank you Zumbly and Doug for the information and insights (and other examples). This has been most helpful - I appreciate that you took the time...
Thank you Ed. I appreciate the information. This is my first Syracuse coin of any description (not just an octopus) and I have just started...
Bottom-feeding as usual, I recently picked up a small bronze from Syracuse with the nymph Arethusa and an Octopus ($12.76). I've been trying to...
A very fine write-up, Doug. I do like the thoughts and reasoning behind buying these coins. Well done.
There is an oddly benevolent expression to a lot of his coins - yours is a good example. In yours he looks like the kind of guy that would be fun...
Thank you all for the comments. Alegandron, the OP sure does look like the "last of the cookie batch." Odd thing is it weighs more (2.91 grams)...
Thank you for your insights, Valentinian - I have been on your website and it is awesome. In fact I consulted it when I got this coin about a...
Recently got a denarius of Maximinus I Thrax that looks like it might be overstruck on another coin? Or perhaps I am just staring too hard at a...
Nice elephant and nice S. Severus portrait to boot.
Thank you Ken. I agree - my least favorite part of this coin was the bust of Apollo (although I still find the lion head/lightning bolt...
Nice coin, Alegandron. I wish mine had the horse on it!
Did you ever face an eBay "Buy It Now" situation where you thought you'd better bid fast or someone else would swoop in and get it? I try not to...
Nice Parthians, everyone. I have an Orodes II with the star and crescent: [ATTACH] Parthia - Drachm Orodes II (57-38 B.C.) Rhagae Mint...
Nice coins. I just got a Caracalla FIDES PVBLICA of my own - at first glance I thought it was the same as yours, but it has a different obverse...
Great coins and a great write-up.
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