Interesting book. I was not aware that Gallus struck a heavy aureus with a radiate crown. But if I see one at the corner coin store I'll be sure...
Great coin.
I actually had the fourth coin - Bohemund of Tripolis denier, but it was fake.
There should be a 12-step program for coinaholics like us to decompress. Like with heroin addicts, the only remedy might be an ayahuasca trip.
Yeah I know how you feel. I have a lot of irons in the fire (bids) right now...
Here are a couple of old pics: Great Grandfather (maternal) in the U.S. Navy circa 1918. [ATTACH] Great Great Great Grandfather (paternal) in...
Here's a Licinius from Rome. AE3, 318-319 AD. 19mm 3.1 grams IMP LI-CINIVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust right ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated...
I have had shipments successfully sent to me from a dealer in Switzerland who used DHL. This way lengthy stays in the New York ISC by the USPS are...
Yeah I agree. I also highly recommend the miniseries "The Ottomans" on Netflix which depicts Mehmet's conquest of Constantinople and the heroic...
The end of an era. And since the Ottomans succeeded the Byzantines for suzerainty over Constantinople also the official end to the last vestige of...
Looks fake. Sorry.
A couple from Alexandria: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Might as well show my Marius....and Macrianus below (usurper with Quietus) after Valerian's capture in 260. They cut a deal with the Persians and...
Here's one of Magnus Maximus, who rebelled against Theodosius in the West. He had an interesting name (great-greatest in Latin). Magnus Maximus,...
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