@Gam3rBlake, do you have any sestertii of your own to show? The vast majority of my Roman Imperial coins (never mind my Roman Republican and...
@Gam3rBlake, to say that the average wage was the equivalent of $3 per day in ancient Rome compared to a minimum wage in the USA of $100+ per day...
Thank you! He was a bit concerned after the written portion because he didn't completely finish answering every question. But he had 20 minutes at...
@TIF and @Marsyas Mike, the tail is also what immediately struck me as belonging to a cat rather than a dog -- not only because of its length...
I have one old Spink tag and envelope, for my Postumius Albinus denarius, that I was able at least to narrow down a little bit in terms of the...
A photo I took in Rome in 2008: [ATTACH] Anonymous, Roma w/wolf & twins (Crawford 287/1) [ATTACH] Philip I wolf & twins [ATTACH]...
Plus, the silver content of the Egyptian tetradrachms was highly diluted much earlier than was the case for tetradrachms in Asia Minor and the...
He passed, "with flying colors and no doubts." So now he's just a dissertation proposal short of being ABD! I am very proud of him. He's always...
I'm glad you got rid of the old avatar, since unfortunately the pie didn't exactly come across like an advertisement for high intelligence! But I...
First, I'm glad to see this auction at all, given that at the time of the previous one he said it might be his last, especially if prices...
I will take the absence so far of any responses to my question to mean that at least in this corner of the Internet, nobody knows -- or even...
Despite being in my 60s and having some serious long-term health problems that contributed to my early retirement, I do hope to be around for a...
Nomos recently charged me 30 Swiss Francs -- at the time, equaling around $30 US -- to ship me a coin I won via Federal Express. I also saved on...
L. Procilius - Jupiter/Juno Sospita with spear and figure-8 shield (ancilia) -- either that or a peanut. Or a violin. [ATTACH] Plus a Boeotian...
Come on, guys. You're all good people and I hate this kind of quarreling, whether or not I'm personally involved in it or have any idea what...
That's not exactly what I said. I really have no idea whether or not relevant legal precedents are in your favor. I haven't researched that...
Another unresolved question, although there's certainly not as much disagreement about it (at least anymore) compared to No. 55. Hence, a shorter...
Thanks for the link. The author of that article notes that he is not a lawyer himself. I suspect that he doesn't realize how easily distinguished...
I never practiced copyright law, but my quick reading of the Bridgeman case cited by @Ed Snible leads me to believe that only a strained reading...
I have only one Maximinus II. Pretty sharp on the obverse, but not so much on the reverse. Maximinus II (Daia) Caesar (nephew of Galerius) , AE...
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