I just fired up Cointalk this morning and saw this thread. Rather late to the party but I can appreciate the investigative work y'all have done....
Really nice @Mat - and a great deal. Most of the outlets I have found sell Hadrian tets north of $150 a pop, sometimes much higher for a scarce...
In the Bay Area we have some coin shops with what Doug points out - "we buy gold" and then when you go in there are no ancients, just bunches of...
Here's my Gordian III with an Apollo reverse: Gordian III, A.D. 238-244 AR Antoninianus, 24mm, 4.9 grams Rome mint, A.D. 241-243 Obverse: IMP...
I agree with you @Alegandron - whose society is actually more violent? I'll bet the ancients would think locking up a couple of million people for...
Actually there is a coin program that plays periodically on the History Channel or Discovery - I can't recall which channel exactly. I think it is...
I have noticed that some of the high quality Constantines are going for $100-200 on both vcoins and m-a shops. Has there been a recent price...
I'm rather simplistic. I keep my coins in their flips or envelopes and don't have any kind of master inventory or database. So I don't really do...
With the mount it's like 56 lbs. I have to take it outside in two pieces - first the tripod and then the scope itself. I can mount the scope on...
My first time in Egypt while in college I came up with severe dysentery and high fever which precluded my work in the excavations I was supposed...
Here's one of my telescopes - 6" refractor by Explore Scientific. Also a 10" Dobsonian mounted reflector, a 5.1" reflector on a tabletop mount,...
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Pretty remarkable article. Thank You. I have not thought much about this topic to date but it is eye-opening. The growth in modern populations...
I suppose what the ad is stating is that there are only 65 coins in XF? condition. Probably many more in much worse condition.
Well some are not Roman but world coins, a Byzantine follis in there, a few LRBs. Supposedly there is a coin of Hadrian in there but I didn't see...
No Ptah yet for me. I find it kind of curious to see which gods were picked out to feature on the Alexandrian coinage and who made the decision....
If they are going to net $6,500 on the sale of 65 coins at $100 each why even bother to run the ad? The history is sensationalized and a bit...
Great coin of Valerian. Must have been an early emission - e.g., good metal. Fine reverse, too.
Trebonianus Gallus: Trebonianus Gallus, AR Antoninanus, 23mm 3.9 grams Milan mint, AD 251-253. Obverse: IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate,...
Here's an antoninianus of Decius with a sharp and well-struck reverse of the personification Abundantia. A bit of a traditionalist, he attempted a...
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