OK. Notoriously Nero's have noodly hair: Nero from Alexandria: Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams Obverse: NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER,...
I agree - on the other three I bid on the coins went for many multiples of the asking price.
How about a Palmyra type with Aurelian and Vaballathus? Roman and Palmyrene Empires Billon Antoninianus, 20mm, 3.7g Antioch mint, 5th officina,...
Did anyone win a coin or three from Frank's auction that closed last night? I bid on 4 and was successful on one bid, a sestertius of Gallienus...
Nice cleaning jobs on those coins. I found dental picks useful as well, being stronger than toothpicks.
I checked the Frank Robinson auction results this morning (they are posted) and it turns out I won the lot I mentioned above, though at roughly 3x...
I've also noticed higher prices and more intensive bidding. For example in the FSR auction which closes this eve, some lots are going for 3x the...
I was going to show a Gallienus as an example of a base metal coin but I reached my picture limit in the last post. As you can see, the silver is...
I'll add some examples of "good silver" coins of the third century. The time of extremely rapid debasement occurred during the joint reign of...
Interesting write up. I'm a mod on another forum (astronomy-related) where we discussed this question in December and most folks favored the...
@John Anthony has a new auction of Constantine and Licinius bronzes. https://www.cointalk.com/conversations/jaz-numismatics-auction-176.233423/...
Wow, no one has posted an antoninianus yet. Here's another double sestertius of Gallic bad boy Postumus: Postumus A.D. 260 Ӕ Double...
Cyzicus it is.
Interesting variations in the depiction of the armor the soldier is wearing - some are full cuirass, another looks like scale armor where another...
I have a side portrait Justinian more in the manner of Anastasius: As you can see it's a little light and pre-reform... Justinian I (527-565...
Nice pick-up. I have a Maximian Herculis: 20mm, 8.0 grams Obverse: AK M OVA MAEIMIANOC CEB Laureate, draped bust right Reverse: Eagle standing...
I've read that the temple (whose entrance the statues flank) was even larger than Karnak temple at the time. Of course, Karnak was embellished and...
I've been to the Colussus of Memnon but didn't hear anything. They are supposed to "sing", at least according to Strabo and Pliny.
Sorry can't tell.
Got this sestertius sized piece of Herennia Etruscilla for $15. erennia Etruscilla, (249-251 A.D.) Wife of Trajan Decius AE 28 of Viminacium,...
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