For those who wants to learn more about the Fleet coinage, @Andrew McCabe wrote an interesting article a few years ago....
The Bible says nothing about how Jesus looked like or the length of his hair. The apostle Paul even wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians :...
I use for many years virgin olive oil because 1) the “extra” virgin oil contains a lower acid level (less than 1%vs 2% or more) 2) it’s cheaper...
Stop being so miser please. Make him a serious offer, like I just did. I offered him an exchange : his very rare young Julius Caesar against this...
If he doesn’t give you proof of life soon, I can give you the name of a good lawyer...
Oups! Sorry. I didn’t see your reply @Sallent while I was posting. So let's go with your idea : Up next: a coin that still has some original hoard...
[ATTACH] ANTONINUS PIUS AS ANTONINUS AVG PI-VS PPTRP COS III IMPERA-TOR II SC Rome RIC 728 Bought this coin, tried to attribuate it with the...
Very nice coin @Jay GT4 . About the Secular Games: They are organized once a century.Ceremonies that generally last 3 days and 3 nights, they are...
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38.46 g no diameter
And this one from the Fake Coin Report... [ATTACH] 44.2g. 38.9 mm
There is also the “2 fingers gesture”, who was used during negotiations between the Empire and the barbarians tribe. Like on this aureus of Probus...
A friend tried once to explain me the difference between ‘scarce’ and ‘rare’. He told me : “ An intelligent politician is scarce. An honest...
Diadumenian Ae As Antioch, Seleucis & Pieria AD 217-218 18 mm, 4.57 g [ATTACH]
This is my unique example with Libertas : Antoninus Pius AE As 27 mm 9.7 g 1 h Rome 143-144 AD ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS PP TRP COS III IMPERA-TOR II...
Seen yes. Touch no. The last one I remember being sold 2 years ago went for almost 1100 $....way over my budget !
Wow! Very interesting site @Valentinian . Just one question: in another thread, @zumbly showed us an error legend coin with “VERTAN-IO”. I read a...
Hummm...reminds me of a certain 2001 movie from Tim Burton... [ATTACH]
Extraordinary coin ! Another one from the ‘fleet coinage’ was sold in February ( with L.Calpurnius Bibulus ). I can’t believe that someone dared...
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