I also don't quite understand how Roma got dragged into this. As I said, they're expensive, but I've always heard that they're highly reputable....
I know that ISIS tragically blew up a lot of the remaining ancient structures at Palmyra. Apart from destroying things, do we know that they also...
Roman Republic, L. Cassius Longinus, AR Denarius, 63 or 60 BCE, Rome Mint. Obv. Veiled and diademed head of Vesta left, control-letter “A” before...
Do we even know that "argenteus" was ever the official name for a coin? Even if it was, speaking strictly as a layperson, doesn't argenteus mean...
It's impossible to prove a negative. The burden of proof is on those who allege that a substantial part of the antiquities trade (including...
Right -- I wasn't thinking about that issue. I could be wrong, but I can think of only two dealers on VCoins (A and Z, one in Canada and the other...
I didn't even notice that. April vs. January. Do we know exactly when the elephant denarii were minted?
I think that truism is less true now than it has been in the fairly recent past. The steep rise in auction prices, especially during the pandemic...
The link to Valentinian's post works. It's Valentinian's link to the Cultural Property group that doesn't work.
The advantage of buying through Vcoins is that there's an authenticity guarantee. And although I obviously haven't purchased from all the ancient...
That link re the "financing terrorism" claim doesn't seem to work -- here's a similar one:...
I'm pretty sure that those are all ebay sellers. I don't think they list anyone on vcoins or ma-shops.
Thanks! I think it will be quite a while, if ever, before I double my RR coins. They seem to be getting more and more expensive as time passes....
Gorgeous coins, everyone. Thanks for posting them! It's interesting to me that on a number of the father's coins, including mine, Apollo's nose...
I doubt that the "locals" in a few villages and towns had enough to feed armies supposedly in excess of 100,000. I don't think that's what Roman...
Adrian Goldsworthy, a highly-regarded historian who wrote a book about Cannae that might be interesting to read...
Is Carthago ever spelled with a K on coins? See the C used in the legend in the exergue on the reverse of this coin: [ATTACH]
Exactly a year ago (according to a previous version of the personal coin catalog I keep), I owned 16 Roman Republican denarii. I remember vaguely...
Unfortunately, we can only make educated guesses.
I've never bought anything from Roma, largely because most of their coins are way beyond my financial means. But so far as I know, they're a...
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