The one thing about collecting is that you can't really be sure attributions are correct. I once received a Galerius coin that actually was...
Here's a resource I found on the Ghaznavid coinage. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ghaznavid_dynasty-1.html No mention of lead, everything...
Here's a provincial Phillip from Zeugma, a city on the boundary of the Empire situated on the Euphrates. The city was actually destroyed by the...
I can just make out the camel on the reverse of the Trajan denarius - pretty cool! I missed it at first glance.
Great stuff. Nice Trajan d and nice ant of Gallienus - looks like it will clean up well also.
Nice hike/climb. Last big mountain I ascended was Whitney in California, 14,495 feet with a 6500 foot ascent from the trailhead to the summit, 23...
Wish I had one. I'm content with this SEVERVS PIVS AVG featuring Neptune, struck perhaps with an eye towards Septimius' overseas travels. In any...
I don't like slabs. Period. Whenever I pick one up I liberate it.
My coins vary. Since I am collecting a coin of each emperor and personage of importance in Roman times, grade cannot always be great. Say, for...
Here's another work I found: The Byzantine State Finances in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries (New York: East European Monographs, 1982) It was...
Looks to be one of those types. Mine has Constantine in a quadriga, hand of god reaching down. Uncleaned hoard coin, obtained 2015. [ATTACH]...
In the unsold list was a Phillip the Arab sestertius which was pretty good at a decent price. Would have snapped it up but I already have one plus...
I thought that the unsold lot list was very interesting. I perused it this morning to see if I could fill any additional holes in the collection.
If I were still married I'd probably get the same reaction!
I made two bids in yesterday's auction and won both, thankfully. How did you guys and gals do?
Thanks for the knowledge transfusion @BenSi
Here's one from Egypt: Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D. Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS...
Here's mine with the ultimate pointy nose. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Also, here's a monumental statue of Gallus in bronze. I believe it once stood...
Thanks for the explanation Ken. I wonder what an anonymous folle would buy back in the day. Also, the appearance of the coins when freshly struck...
Here's a coin of Valerianus II that I procured fairly recently.... Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams Struck: 257-258, Cologne....
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