I never can figure out how the Latin works in these legends and epigraphy. It seems that IMPERATOR CAESAR is in the nominative case, while TRAIANO...
I scooped you by 4 months. :happy: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/serdica-mint-found.309932/
Well, I think that’s a Latin superlative form, so maybe there can be only one!
[ATTACH] I thought that a retiring Diocletian might give Trajan a run for his money here, but I think Trajan wins this one. Still, DN DIOCLETIANO...
Hey, if the University of Central Florida can proclaim themselves NCAA Football National Champions, I say this guy can slab and grade his own...
I tend to foolishly obsess over a “missing” coin and would be willing to pay a premium (maybe 30%) more just to be “done with it” and have the...
I only spoke briefly with him. He’s an interesting guy. A professor of radiology who does coins on the side. As a radiology guy it he seems to...
Ha. Only one of three actually brought coins in hand. No bezants to be found. Alan Berman does bring some medieval coins to sell at the...
Greetings from Kalamazoo, Michigan, home of the 53rd Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies. Since I am a lit guy, I typically do not...
Well, maybe I’ll be labeled a fool. Wouldn’t be the first time. My initial response was $50. But I collect Constantine, and I recognized this coin...
A fine post calling attention to an important period in the history of religion. Here's my Aurelian Sol, as well as a briefer write-up I once did...
I aspire to photograph every coin in my collection. It’s doable at about 250 coins or so. I’m about 2/3rds the way there. I keep the pix in...
Using heavy duty snips on the corners and then prying the slab open with a screwdriver is a very gentle approach. See photos from my experience...
Thanks for the link. It seems this “network” approach of the BM reflects a charitable attitude toward private coin ownership in the UK. I wonder...
A great line from his obit: "He would help others with his opinion but he never claimed it was the ultimate truth – despite the fact that he was...
Here’s a more numismatic focused account....
Certainly not at the cost of patina, at least for most collectors. Sometimes "earthen fills" can serve to highlight features of a coin, resulting...
I would agree with @lrbguy that the coin has been overcleaned. It's good that you experimented with an inexpensive coin. And I have made cleaning...
This news story is only tangentially related to coins. But a Valentinian III solidus helps date the site of this sudden massacre. The CNN story...
Isn't Numiscorner a kind of dealer aggregator, sort of like VCoins? For example, you will see the same coin listed in Marc Breitsprecher's...
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