A super nice one you have there @Deacon Ray - sure adds some more spice to your collection.
I'm one of those guys (and gals) that feels like I need a coin of every emperor and usurper, so if I didn't have the rest of the 12 I'd probably...
Well, I now have an Augustus, Titus, and Domitian. So there are nine more to go. I'm wondering about the feasibility of finishing out the last...
My only Titus is this Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's my Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch. Nice coin in hand, believe me. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great coin. Undoubtedly it was used to pay off the barbarians!
Thanks for sharing this coin and interesting background story.
Your thread deserved it - congrats! Now you are a cointalk.com celebrity.
The one on the bottom left hand side appears to be a Greek coin. Not sure about the others, perhaps Islamic or Indian(?)
Great thread. I don't have any overstrikes - simply not "eye-catching" enough for me. But I do like the anonymous folle struck over that as of...
Really like the poppy and great coin @Deacon Ray !
I should have said scale armor. Sorry for the confusion @Bert Gedin
Can you believe I still don't have a Severus in my collection? That's one hole I've got to fill! Nice coins all. One would think that Rome was...
Hello Frank. I'm quite happy with the coins I've been able to get in the last couple of auctions. Thank You!
I think I'll still email the bids. Was there an email about the latest auction? I've been receiving his emails for the last couple of auctions...
Cool coin @Sallent !
Geez @Sallent you are cornering the market on these Gordies...hope some stay available for the rest of us...;)
@AncientJoe was the obverse type supposed to be associated with Poseidon? I kind of thought that the trident and scales on his cloak, or armor,...
Yeah I saw something on the History Channel recently about Tutankhamun and the genetic problems he inherited from centuries of inbreeding, weak...
Here is a link to the story... http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/05/31/2200-year-old-gold-coin-discovered-in-egypt.html A pretty rare coin...
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