Any cellphone camera these days will give you far better photos than a scanner. If you do take photos of these coins and post them individually,...
This is probably my latest coin with a laureate bust: Delmatius Caesar (nephew of Constantine I), Billon reduced Centenionalis, Antioch Mint...
The OP suggests that it was because of the pagan connotations of the laurel wreath.
I think every single one of the Twelve Caesars except Claudius was reputed in gossip to have a penchant for sex with boys or men. So was Trajan....
I suggest that you post this question as a new, separate thread (preferably with a photo of the reverse side as well, and with larger photos of...
Yes.* Just as many women as men are "collectors." The difference is in what they're conditioned to collect, starting at a young age. Try going to...
I forgot to say: your second symbol looks like it could be a lyre-key, albeit upside down compared to the one on my L. Papius denarius, with a...
I wasn't implying that you did; that's why I preceded what I said by referring to finding all the comments in this thread interesting. The...
What a great coin! I don't remember noticing it before, but I'll have to keep my eye out for it.
On a slightly more mundane level, isn't the person who runs Wildwinds a woman? There have been many prominent women in numismatics -- on the...
Sounds like exactly the kind of book I'd like! So I just ordered a copy on Abebooks. It was published by the Smithsonian, specifically the...
Rather than reinventing the wheel with an explanation, I will direct you to the recent 64-post thread on that subject! See...
Mine is control-symbol pair 106, unidentified in Crawford. But with the highest magnification possible of the relevant portions of my photos of...
From New York to Sacramento and then back to New York again instead of to San Jose? I'd say "Unbelievable!," but it's not. That beats my New...
In looking at other examples of my Fonteius Capito denarius on acsearch, I found another, more recent sale of my coin by Roma Numismatics, in...
An interesting column on women in numismatics, entitled "NUMISMANELS: WHY ARE THERE STILL ALMOST ALL-MALE EVENTS HAPPENING IN NUMISMATICS?," by...
Thanks, @zumbly. Here's my example of the Sergius Silus reverse -- definitely another "high-action" scene! [ATTACH] The alternative...
Thanks, @dougsmit. Perhaps needless to say, I agree with you on where the Fonteius Capito stands on the "interest" scale! I largely agree with...
I went off and read that thread, which I quite enjoyed. Except for learning that drive-by foolishness from non-ancient coin collectors was...
Thank you!
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