Excellent coins, all. While the snake is "striking" on the Moesia coin, I enjoy the wonderful details of the Cappadocia didrachm, Calabria...
Congratulations on completion of your sestertii set! They're all nice coins. I especially like #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10.
A nice reverse on this coin.
Here's a follis of Justinian I, Nicomedia, year 13 (539-40 AD), officina B. DO-117b. 40mm, 23.8 grams I purchased this coin from Harlan Berk...
Thank you. I suppose there are many possible scenarios for this medal, and aside from the information I provided for this thread, there is...
Hold the slab on the wide edge, on a firm surface. With a hammer, tap the edge where you seen the join points (triangular) with the hammer until...
Thank you for the suggestion. I'll consider sending them a letter.
That's a really nice new style tetradrachm. The centering of the reverse is definitely above average, and the metal quality is very good. In...
You have a good provenance for this coin. Mark Bir had a stock of ancients of very good quality, before his untimely death.
I saw that article in the Guardian today. Roman fast food beat McDonald's by a couple thousand years, and far more nutritious food, no doubt....
That's a really nice Calabria, Tarentum AR nomos. I also like the really stylized reverse of your Migration period coin, the AR sceatta, it...
I see what you're saying regarding the font. I don't know who did the engraving, or when. I assume before the medal was presented - it would be...
The AE Aes Grave Triens is awsome!
I recently came across this fantastic recording of the Haydn Quartet in D minor, Op. 76 No. 2 "Quinten" performed by the Jasper Quartet. There's...
Very nice!
A stunning coin!
A beautiful example, Al.
Excellent coin! I only have one gold Byzantine coin, the vast majority being bronze, and one silver coin, a hexagram. This is a gold histamenon...
Nice coins and great buys! I especially like the Troas AE 21 (being partial to owls) and the Elagabalus AE 27 from Moesia Inferior.
I'm good at bluffing. :angelic: But, really, I enjoy your threads and admire your dedication and passion, to say nothing of your comprehensive...
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