Me too. I always give him $50 and some See's holiday chocolates.
Thanks once again for all of the cool coins. I just pulled the trigger on a DACIA sestertius of T. Decius yesterday. Another actor in the drama....
My mailman is pretty good, always scans the mailbox while making deliveries and is sure to scan my coin packages and ring the doorbell for my...
Quite a haul - the jugate busts of the Ptolemaic kingdom are the cat's meow. Nice coins, esp. the light aureus or fractional gold of Gallienus.
That one should clean up well with a mechanical procedure to remove the crud of the millennia. Nice find.
Mine I'm afraid is very boring/ACH is exactly what it implies. On another forum on a different topic my handle is the abode of the gods in Hesiod,...
Perhaps. I was thinking the reverse featured Apollo, but it may be priapus.
Interesting coin, though I have no idea what it is.
Interesting coins and a nice haul.
Very interesting monetary story. @David Atherton - Hadn't heard of this issue yet.
Thanks for the piece of prose and the fine coin.
I also have (what I believe to be ) a provincial of Macrinus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I can't find any any examples where it is a definitive chi-rho.
One tough cookie.
I'm going to shift gears as no one has posted a new topic for a bit. Gordian III, A.D. 238-244 AR Antoninianus, 24mm, 4.9 grams Rome mint,...
Sort of hard to determine how it will end up after cleaning so maybe just sell it if the offer is acceptable.
Great 8 Assaria Piece @Cucumbor - a super nice coin!
Thanks for sharing the coin and the interesting report @Bing. I definitely have learned something new today.
Well, yes. One can imagine what that would be like. OTOH I am surprised that a certain present day monarch in training has not started to strike...
This is horrific - that's all I can say about this practice!!! :nailbiting:
Separate names with a comma.
