Looks like there could be some interesting folles/AE2's. No tiny AE4's. It will be interesting to see how they clean up.
1, 2, or 3 - I like the impression of bright, lustrous silver, even on some of the debased coins of the Empire. Tone is an added plus. Septimius...
I calculate a roughly 30x increase in prices since 1950. That would place the solidus at $750 in 2020 dollars (maybe a tad low). Just to compare,...
Flower? Elpis Holding Flower and Hitching Skirt... Marcus Aurelius as Caesar: Type: AE Drachm, 33mm, 22.95 grams of Alexandria Obverse: Bare...
Holy cow. I was born in the wrong decade.
Pretty cool coins. I need to pick up a couple of Anglo Saxon examples to commemorate the time of Beowulf, written in Old Frisian some scholars...
What is the next theme?
I've got a couple I've shown many times, so I will defer here. However, Probus ranks up there with the most successful Roman emperors along with...
Ah the 80's and my early youth. Nice coins all!
They did consider it significant. Mehmet the conqueror was determined to take Constantinople for Islam even before his reign and the death of his...
I tend to like the good silver coins of Gallienus rather than the later AE washed ones. Nevertheless, here's an AE from late in the reign....
Too bad. I just received a coin after a 6-week wait. It doesn't help that it was two weeks between my order and the ship date, but I suppose...
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Those Egyptians and Greeks at the time reported many undiagnosed cases of tendonitis from hauling bags of these coins. ;)
Nice mini hockey puck @furryfrog02 - good pick-up of Iwaennetjerwy-menkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun, a name that means "Heir of the [two]...
Titus, A.D. 79-81 Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 9.3 grams, 12h EGYPT, Alexandria. Year 3 = A.D. 81 Obverse: AVTOK TITOY KAIE OVEEPAEIANOY EEB;...
Nice Constans find.
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Very interesting coin. And a nice find if the attribution is correct.
Nice eastern mint coins. My only examples are from Rome.
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