Nice coin!
No gold yet, but I'll be getting into gold in the near future - solidi, not aureii.
I had the same thing happen in the last auction. However, he emailed me this morning and told me which coins I so far have been outbid on, so I...
Closing date is Feb. 6 and there are a lot of nice coins. I bid on 4 coins, all of which I had to revise my bid upwards this morning. Good luck to...
I had to wait to get back into collecting until I got divorced haha. Wife wouldn't have it. Mortgage, family stuff, kids' private school, and so on.
Very nice examples of Vespasian.
Fascinating coins and I was unaware of their existence. I've seen the Anubis type votive of Alexandria but not these. Sadly, don't have any yet.
Here's another - old thread but here goes. This one is at 5.7 grams, AE2, Antioch mint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Pretty nice coin when all they...
Nice one ro! I still have to add one of these temple types to my collection. I've bid on two of these recently but so far haven't won the bid but...
I use a cigar box and paper envelopes - don't like plastic flips. I've got about 850 coins in my collection, currently have two cigar boxes, one...
I've got one that I posted on the other thread. Not quite as nice as yours but has a glossy black patina.
What a great haul. I can definitely make out Salonina near the top!
Delamtius 335-337, as Caesar. Bust right, gloria exercitus reverse. Black patina. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I can't make out any detail on the roman coin but the style would suggest Valens, Valentinian, or Gratian, so the timing would be the 360s to the...
Interesting thread!
Very cool!
Great coin @Mat !
Here's one of Geta with a dimple: AE 27mm, 10.7 grams, Nicopolis [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not so obvious on Nemesis on the reverse
Very nice OP coin, and I like the Valerian ant as well.
I had a poster of coins from each emperor and usurper that I bought from Frank L. Kovacs, a noted SF-based ancient numismatist, back in the 80's....
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