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Commodus (180-192. A.D.) Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 11.06 grams Obverse: M AVΡ KOMMO ANTΩNINOC CE, Laureate bust of Commodus right...
Marcus Aurelius as Caesar: Type: AE Drachm, 33mm, 22.95 grams of Alexandria Obverse: Bare headed and draped bust of Aurelius right M AVPHLIOC...
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Good catch @Bing. Also fortunate that the coin was returned by an honest bidder.
DHL, when in doubt.
Nice write-up and very thought provoking. Interesting coverage of this latter Byzantine coin type.
For these reasons I don't do Ebay.
Nice coins. I will try verdicare at some time in the future. Wish I had known about it a few years ago when I was cleaning lots of coins, somewhat...
Mostly I have heard that they were Tyrian Shekels. But in newer versions of the bible they have translated this as denarii. Any evidence...
The variety of types under the Ptolemies is fairly limited as you say. Even more so than modern-day U.S. coins, which I do not collect. However,...
Case in point @Roman Collector - the Diocletian Abdication follis that went for $800. I found one on m-a shops (fixed price) for a fraction of...
I have been my own financial advisor for many years as I have been working in the finance field for some time. No desire or need pay the...
I have lost in a number of auctions in the exact sequence you describe. Those lots I have won I have had to go to several times the starting bid...
A pound of silver makes a nice round number for Judas' asking price. Notice the word "weigh". Zechariah 11:12 - And I said unto them, If ye think...
Nice write-up @Jochen1 - thank you.
I liked both the portraits on Postumus and Diocletian. I got the sense that the Diocletian coin, pre-reform, has an accurate portrait, whilst the...
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My faves are Postumus and Diocletian. But overall some nice coins in there.
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