You must have missed the part where he said the seller lied about having shipped it. It wasn't the shipping company or their software, or customs,...
I've seen so many "ancient Roman spear heads" in various listings online, but I've just seen the first that has a square socket rather than the...
Exactly.
13 days to send out an item? That's bad enough, but then they lied about it, too? Add them to your seller blacklist. Maybe it's me, but I don't...
Curiosity got the best of me and I took a look at the Kunker Spring auction. Then I saw a Vespasian sestertius with an estimated price of 50,000...
Hahahahaha...that cracked me up! :woot:
What percentage of "ancient" oil lamps on the market would you say are just modern mass-produced fakes? And how are they ever even authenticated?
My two most-read are The Letters of the Younger Pliny and Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars. I like Pliny's letters because some of them include...
I just sold my Lucilla today - in fact, it's going out in the mail tomorrow morning. Mine, too, was a big, thick, heavy sestertius. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] This is right up there with that stunning Nero of yours - the tone on this Agrippa is amazing.
...and his step-brother Britannicus, and his step-sister/wife Claudia Octavia, and his wife Poppaea Sabina with their unborn child.
[ATTACH] Man, that third one is a work of art - I love that!
Julia and I have parted ways, but I did love this coin! [ATTACH]
I'm late to this party, but since I can't afford the coin hobby (but still fascinated with it), my other interest is in fossils. Nothing...
Lucilla Augusta AE Sestertius, purchased on Vcoins from Marti Classical Numismatics for $73. I'm asking $55, and I'll ship the coin anywhere in...
Wow, thank you for that explanation - that completely changes my assumption of dating by COS number.
Thank you for that - did he not assume COS II in 69 because he wasn't in Rome yet? I hope these aren't too elementary questions, but I'm just curious.
I hope someone can settle this - for determining mint dates, is Vespasian's first year (69AD) counted as COS I, or is the start of his second year...
I am a former USPS carrier, too, and back when I was working we always dreaded a day when we had registered mail (US domestic) for our route. We...
That's very interesting information - thank you both for that. I'm glad I didn't try to dig into what I was calling "encrustation" then. Since...
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