An excellent thought!
For the last few years -- ever since I began collecting them on a more active basis -- I've displayed all my ancient coins in two vertical coin...
My copy of Sutherland's Roman Coins arrived yesterday, and I've added it to my bookshelves of ancient coins. For $13 including shipping, it's in...
This is pretty much what I was going to say. It appears that I was correct that @Lolli's argument rests entirely on the premise that you're a...
You're completely ignoring the fact that we don't simply have Nemo's recollection of what happened. We have his and Lanz's email correspondence...
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That was my understanding -- that verdigris is hard rather than soft and powdery, and shouldn't endanger the coin by spreading.
This thread is from six months ago. Odd that someone chose to revive it after all this time with such a lengthy defense of the person in...
I do not think that Verdigris is the same thing as (or a sign of) Bronze Disease. At least, the results of a couple of Google searches indicate...
Look on VCoins for UK sellers. I've had very good experiences with London Ancient Coins. They have a large stock at a wide range of different prices.
The two coins I ordered arrived today, and here they are: Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (5th Officina). Obv. Radiate head...
A denarius of the young Faustina II, issued under her father, bearing the same early obverse legend as the coin posted by @Roman Collector to...
Thrace, Istros. 400-350 BCE. AR Drachm. Obv. Two facing male heads, one inverted / Rev: Sea eagle on dolphin, ISTRIH above, globule under eagle’s...
Prussia, AR Reichsthaler 1786A, Berlin. Obv. Bust of Friedrich II (der Große) right / Rev. Prussian eagle. KM 332.1 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
@curtislclay , thanks so much for elaborating further, with additional examples of depictions of the Genius of the Senate. (I don't have access...
No, they're doing "archaeology."
This latest addition to my Roman Republic zoo is the now the oldest resident, and in lesser condition than many of the others. On the other hand,...
When I actively collected British coins, I had very few hammered ones. But up until about five years ago, I did own very nice examples of a Henry...
And it occurs to me that Philip III Arrhidaeus was King of Macedon: Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos...
Well, she did have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too. . . . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] England, Elizabeth I, AR Sixpence...
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