Very nice but I guess this just goes to illustrate a recurring point. Like the owner of the yacht "Bayesian", having a lot of money does not...
That is a nice Antoninianus of aka Claudius II. Very well struck and even with some silvering. ================================ I have two...
A very nice AE from a litte-known Emperor. Wonderful condition & grade. Where did you find that piece?
Unfortunately the museum curator was too busy to talk w/ me but I've the following surprising observations of the coinage display at the...
Interesting topic. Darics are difficult to date as they've been issued without major change under a number of emperors. A gold daric was the...
Very nice. Seems a very nice lifetime denarius w/ some honest wear. Also clear legends. Given the inordinately high prices right now for...
I'd say that many Roman gold coins are overpriced considering their rarity. The problem is that Panzerman has cornered the market on these,...
I think you mean the denarius after Gordian III was issued in small quantities until 296 AD. I recall going to the British Museum last year and...
In addition the Romans & their Provinces (known as Greek Imperials) also made large bronze medallions. True Roman medallions are expensive but the...
Actually James Fox was in Houston, TX the same time that I was. I may have seen this coin at the time he bought it. I recall his price paid & the...
Very interesting. I recall that one of these regional museums was robbed of it's coin collection a few years ago: I think they may have rebuilt...
Maybe a compromise? [ATTACH]
I'd like that photo too! I can imagine Priscus Attalus made a medallion commemorating the sacking of Rome in 410 AD?
Merely out of curiosity what is the approximate price range for these aachens? I guess they appear in mostly European auctions.
All junk. If you want a low end lg cents buy just one. Like I did for an 1854. It cost me 50 cents from a coin shop. That was a while ago tho.
I have a fourre of a Lydian/Persian double siglos if that helps? [ATTACH] For some reason I only have a photo of the obverse. The rev is a double...
I save a lot of coin pictures and use html for my web page as I use complex naming for coin photos. WordPress couldn't keep up with the naming....
I very much like siliquae of Julian (aka Julian II). Not sure if your coin is barbarous - didn't they usually get the lettering wrong? Maybe a...
Love Ptolemaic Coinage. Here's one I show kids: a Ptolemy II AE47, weighing 98.1 g. Ex Tom Cederlind auction 5/22/2014, lot # 111. [ATTACH]...
While I'm not a strong US buyer, for many years all of the US gold and even foreign gold, I've looked at, has been slabbed. Except for my...
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