Thanks Doug. I thought both of my Vabalathus' were pretty good shape for being in group lots. I am impressed I might actually own a more full...
Yes, its Japanese. If you study the coin closely versus Chinese coins, you will notice the Japanese one is much higher quality. The Japanese were...
So the marks under Aurelian are maybe control marks? Looks like yours is a Delta Mat, and I have an H and a B, whatever that means.
She is a double humper, (bactrian camel), and admit this is not the best specimen. However, that is the thing with most sogdian pieces, the soil...
Vabalathus. He and his mother Zenobia were rulers of the breakaway empire in the East, the Palmyrian Empire. I didn't have one of these, and now I...
I thought so. For all three lots what I paid for the whole lot was less than what I see the one coin I am interested in go for. So to me I bought...
Ten of the camels? Well there two types, many variations, etc. Sogd cash is only on the market now in quantity. They used to be scarcer than...
I know Steve, I am torn. The main reason I am considering leaving it is because its an imitative issue. If it were a normal byzantine tremissis I...
We do have gladiator fights today, now its just called the NFL. Besides fights to the death, please tell me how they are different. :)
Nothing humble about your as all Steve. I bet most would say its superlative to mine. My purchase was just part of a silly artistic style mini...
Thanks Mat. I was just reading from the flip. I don't especially like these except for the pieces stylized like mine. There are tons of more...
No Justin gold yet, but its on my list, (what isn't)?
From one of my weekly Sogdian purchase piles, I thought these two were kind of interesting. The first is a silver Bukharan Sogd piece of the ruler...
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Here are three groups I just bought, so do not have them in hand yet. The first group I just bought for the anepigraphic piece, the second and...
I don't collect Romans, but do have a mini collection of certain coins. Here is a new addition to my "art deco" collection. Maximinus II As...
Btw, here is the other little pretty I bought from the same dealer. Mexico 50 pesos. I thought it looked pretty. Its better and more lustrous in...
I have been busy buying, though not posting much. This is my latest, (excuse the photos please). It is Ostrogothic, Theoderic, Tremissis minted in...
Bikini clad? Isn't it a private island? Good luck getting me to wear any clothes, and if a bazillionaire lead tessera tycoon isn't wearing...
Oh snap Bill, I hope you just didn't create competition by getting Steve-O interested in these!
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