Definitely agree with Bing and Tif! If you like historical fiction, try "Marching with Caesar" by R.W. Peake. If you like a blend of history and...
My daughter liked dinosaurs when she was little. I buried a fake raptor claw in a bare spot of my wife's garden and let her dig it up. She was so...
I have fun with the cheap eBay coins. If they are fake, they go in my reproduction box. If they are real, I have fun researching them. I got one...
I saw the theme of winged animals earlier and remembered I had these lying around. This one doesn't count because it isn't ancient, but I thought...
Here is an interesting example from fiction: First, the book 666 by Jay Anson (Author of The Amityville Horror). In the book, a corroded...
Here is my favorite pairing: a book on the comet that appeared in 44 B.C. and a coin minted by Augustus to commemorate it 25 years later....
I like the convenience of slabbed coins when showing them to people, but I also like to handle my coins, that's why I use the ones that can be...
Welcome to the club! Ancients are fascinating once you get in to them. The second one looks like a bronze as or dupondius from Lugdunum, early 1st...
If you're interested in the comet of 44 B.C., there's a book by John Ramsey and A. Licht titled "The Comet of 44 B.C. and Caesar's Funeral Games"...
Thanks! It's the gem of my collection. I actually bought it by accident. I bid on it on eBay without expecting to win. Sort of wishful thinking....
I was always torn between slabs and flips. I like flips because you can see the coin and they fit just about any size, but I've had a few...
I hear you. I hate flying too. I usually alternate between reading and sleeping. Flying really is safer than driving, but it still sucks! The...
lordmarcovan - I appreciate the offer, but my 'holey" example has become a good luck piece. I put it in a plastic holder and carry it in a padded...
Both of those occurred to me, but it just seems weird that parts of the letters would be clear and deeply struck and other parts soft. That's why...
Here's the other one for comparison. The one above is much nicer, but the price jumped from $35 to almost $475! Still, if it didn't have the...
Hi everyone, I finally found a decent example of an Augustus comet denarius. My previous example was badly worn and had a hole punched in the...
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Here's one I just ordered from Civitas Galleries on Vcoins. The seller attributes it to Alexander the Great, but I'm not sure. The legs look...
I still like shooting my Colt King Cobra .357. [ATTACH] I also have a Kahr MK9 that I'm really attached to: [ATTACH]
This one came to me while driving yesterday: a denarius by Julius Caesar.. Caesar Venus 2 by JGGonzalez posted Jan 23, 2017 at 5:31 PM Caesar...
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