Nice one Chris!
Congrats on your first coin, man! Welcome to the club!
Just plead the Fifth, Bing:D [MEDIA]
I am seeing some very nice tets here. Here is my humble example with a Neandertha.... I mean Ptolemy I :) Ptolemy X tetradrachm year 20 or 97...
@ the OP, Congrats man!
@dougsmit Interesting. I remember reading that there were even Laika brand Cigarettes at the time? {One Google search later} [ATTACH] As if this...
It's fine coin brother. I cried when I first read about her and still to this day I cry about her. Life just isn't fair! Thanks and best.
I suppose you have a point Steve. Back to the Magnus Maximus Siliqua again. Though Laika shall return one day. Interesting how this thread started...
Laika was not euthanized, she died a very very bad death. She basically overheated to death within 5 hours of achieving orbit. Poor thing.
@stevex6 I can't imagine the stress and hardship of doing what she did. As the great Pericles said "For illustrious men have the whole earth as...
My philosophy is that a dinged up coin is better than no coin at all! I don't have any coins of Domitian( I need to rectify...
I know right! Poor Laika :(. That story always makes me tear up a bit.
Some of us here are actually 20!:p ;)
I heard about that too MZ. If I am correct, after he fell from his horse he lingered around just in time for his brother Tiberius to show up, he...
Agreed. Rome would have had an Emperor that was actually concerned about governing ect ect ..... Alas it was not to be.
Very nice coins, MZ! Drusus was an exceptional man for his time, it would be interesting to see what would have happened had he lived. The...
I think you mean this one;) [ATTACH] That is one of my favorite Magnus Maximus Siliqua; I have not seen a Siliqua with a reverse that sharp and...
I can't talk too long but. Did someone say Siliquae?!!! Congrats Anoob. Killer coin my friend! This coin exemplifies how the barbarians still paid...
Barbarism
Don't worry about the lack of likes or comments, AN. You have a very nice exotic collection that is the envy of the forum. Cheers.
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