That's right Ken! Forgot about that one. I may go to the SF show, probably not Sacramento. The local dealers around here in the East Bay, and...
I used to go over to Frank L. Kovacs' office on Post St. in San Francisco and talk coins, and make some purchases but that was when I was 14 years...
Pretty cool @Justin Lee - I've got oodles of similar ones, many of which I have yet to clean. I stopped after I had attributed 50 Constantius II...
Great coins @maridvnvm - I particularly like the first one with the left facing portrait with the emperor wearing all of that regalia.
Are there any coin shows in the SF Bay Area? The area is very deficient in ancient dealers as far as I know, none in the East Bay for example.
Very interesting coins, don't have a small flan Septimius yet.
Great coin @Thierry Pruvost ! Also love your coins @TIF and @Alegandron ! Good stuff!
My Caracalla ant: [ATTACH] I'd like to pick up an Elagabalus ant as well!!!
It appears to be authentic, but I don't know how it got into that seller's hands.
Here's my Thrax... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] FIDES MILITVM didn't work out so well during the seige of Aquileia.
Since I brought it up, here's my tet of Alexandria: [ATTACH]
Two cool coins there @gsimonel !
The Alexandria tets of Nero are pretty inexpensive. Zurqieh always seems to have lots of them with a variety of interesting reverse types.
Very nice @Cucumbor - the Dioscouri piece is amazing.
Thanks. I agree that they are very collectable - now why haven't I got one until now?
Here's one, still some remnants of silvering, too. This was sent to me by @Victor_Clark as a freebie when I was just starting out on the Forum....
Really nice examples @zumbly - that Carthage one is one sweet coin!
Sounds like it was a fun visit to Rome. Alas, I haven't been there yet. I spent a lot of time in Istanbul (Constantinople) but have yet to see the...
I don't have many architectural types so it was nice to add this one to the brood.
Phillip II as Caesar, A.D. 244-246 AR Antoninianus, 25mm, 4.1 grams Rome, A.D. 244-246 Obverse: M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust...
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