I got that one for Christmas last year - good read.
Cool coin - thanks for sharing.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Pretty good read and I got through the whole book in about 4 hours.
Congratulations on these two new additions. Marcus Aurelius (161-180 C.E.) Diocletian (284-305 C.E.)
Beautiful coin. I don't have any Sassanids, but it is a fine example. Hope it's authentic.
No Florians in my collection...yet.
My unscientific reply is that it has to be FTR types. I have about 900 coins and they represent almost 10 percent of the collection. Gloria...
I have to say that's a pretty cool coin. Congrats on the acquisition. Physicists collect coins? I didn't know that.
Wow, that's a fine coin David! Just love those Domitians, especially the rare ones. Good catch.
I went to UC Berkeley and struggled the first half of my freshman year. As an 18 year old I wasn't really ready for the social aspects of college....
About 150 of the coins were attributable, 100 were useless slugs, and about 75 were ones that you might want in a collection, so you are right,...
I've got a beat up Macrianus too from an uncleaned hoard. Good ones go for $500 or more so I was lucky to get it for $2.00. Whoever was sorting...
Hmm... I didn't know they were still striking sesterti as late as Aurelian.
My father was in the Navy and when he deployed, he often came back with oodles of coins and currency from all around the world. So I started...
I've got one of those too @Bing - kind of an interesting reverse type. Mine's not as nice as yours though.
Here's a fairly rare piece of Constantine that came from an uncleaned hoard. 250 coins for $450, so less than $2 a pop - in the same hoard a...
Nice coin there Chris!
Nice coin @Mat
Amateur astronomy. I've had a Zhumell Z10 Dobsonian for five years and I bought an 18" Obsession Dob last year. I'm a galaxy freak as far as...
Good luck John and nice tray display. Marking the prices I think is a good idea, otherwise a bunch of bullion and U.S. coin collectors will have...
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