One that projects power and cruelty at the same time is Maximinus Thrax, a guy that no one wanted to mess with until he became so oppressive...
Probably they will not see the market if a museum has purchased them. They will take their good old time cleaning them up and attributing them, if...
An excellent example of the type - congrats.
I bought a 1.5 kilo "hoard" from an uncleaned supplier, hence the need for the attribution, but yeah it was fun to go through.
Great stuff @SeptimusT - currently my coins are in two cigar boxes. I do display recent acquisitions on my desk for a couple of weeks before I put...
Amen. I think you are quite right about that. I once attributed 500 LRBs in one sitting, about 6 hours. After the 70th falling horsemen type I was...
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Maximianus: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Maximin Daia: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hadrian: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Maximinus with a bit of a Severus Alexander flavor. [ATTACH] Compare with this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next: another coin of an emperor with...
I made a camera obscura to observe. Just made out a tiny dot
Gallienus, one of Sol's horses (most likely not Pegasus) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just an advance notice of the San Francisco coin show December 6th and 7th, should have a good selection of ancients. I'm planning to attend and...
Here's one I got with a bent flan for about $1.50. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] If people (like U.S. collectors) knew how cheap an authentic "ancient" can...
Something about the spells put on mummies discouraged disturbing them. :eek: ;)
Very interesting. This double sestertius is probably also an overstrike. There is a blob at 5 o'clock on the reverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next:...
Real nice ones @Pellinore.
Missed out on the auction, didn't notice that it was closing today. Oh well.
Can't really narrow it down because I have a bevy of coins I consider precious.
Great topic. I have had thoughts on this before but never in an organized thread. With regard to Roman Egypt, why did the number of reverse types...
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