Yeah @TIF , it was not a fun experience. Also, I had my i-Phone stolen at Siwa Oasis. Couldn't even take a picture of the oracle at Siwa (temple...
Congrats on completing the 12 Caesars @Andres2 and thanks for sharing the nice coins.
Sorry to hear about your depression Erin and I am glad that Cointalk.com is a solace to you.
That's a really interesting coin @Alegandron !
I picked this one up in @John Anthony 's sale of two weeks ago, it is an As of Augustus. This brings my total 12 Caesars' coins to 3, so I have...
You've hit on something @TIF . The current exchange rate of the Egyptian pound to the U.S. dollar is .057, or roughly 17.5 pounds to the dollar....
Hi and Welcome to the Forum. I joined on April 28, 2017 and have found this site to be a great resource of information, a great way to share...
I'm having more trouble than usual in making out the legend, it might be blundered or a barbarous copy of a radiate coin.
Here's a video of the discovery, also includes some pictorials of Kom Ombo temple which is one of the better preserved temples in Egypt......
Thanks for the additional story @Cyrrhus !
Balbinus and Pupienus from an @John Anthony auction of two weeks back. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cool stuff Randy, I really like the three dot shield pattern, or maybe two dots with a central boss.
Gee, I wish I had some of those on my desk.
Nice grabs for $.99 a piece. I'm afraid I have not been so lucky...
Nice find. The one on the left should clean up and be OK. Can't quite make out the legend, but it could be Gallienus, or maybe Carus. The top one...
I actually reviewed my whole collection a couple of days ago, going through all of my purchases over the past year as well as sorting through some...
That one is going to be tough no matter how much cleaning you do. Put it in the cull pile.
Interesting comments....to me it's not a slam dunk it's Aurelius' head either, don't know who did the attribution.
Here's one with a picture.... http://www.newser.com/story/258235/in-egyptian-temple-a-new-bust-of-marcus-aurelius.html Actually Kom Ombo is...
I thought this is an interesting item in the news......
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