Last time I was in Vegas I played $5 slots and won $2,500 from a slot machine entitled "Rome and Egypt". Not Caesar's Palace but the Wynn.
Holy Cow, that's cool!
Here is the reverse of an Arcadius campgate type from Thessalonica. I believe that was the only mint that issued this reverse type. Reverse:...
Wow, that is one cool campgate. Last time I was in Luxor, Egypt a German archaeological team had just discovered a fortified camp situated next to...
Here is a campgate example ex the collection of Victor Clark. (Thanks Victor!) Obverse: Laureate head of Constantine right...
Great example of what certainly is a rare type. Thank for sharing.
Great coins all. Mine definitely is a crumb of a crumb.
Arcadius AE4. DN ARCADIVS PF AVG SALVS REIPUBLICAE Antioch Portrait slightly better than usual [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very nice FTR type, portrait is good and the reverse detail is superb. Nice catch!
Great coin and a very historical example, congrats on the pick-up!
Yep, an anonymous follis. Nice one."Jesus Christ, King of Kings" on the reverse. Kind of counterbalances coins of the competing Islamic states...
My Geta, but not DM! Except for the punch on the obverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When something seems too good to be true, especially at that price, then it probably is.
WOw, super-impressed with the haul. You got some very nice coins at a nominal price. Not your usual LRB grab bag of FTR and Gloria Exercitus...
I was going to say Metapontum.
I actually didn't get a tracking number from the seller, so I am not engaged in my usual 3x per day tracking exercise!
From Manitoba, Canada. My experience from the UK has been about 10 business days so far, and I live on the west coast of the U.S.
I'm waiting for a very nice Severus II follis which I bought last Wednesday. It was shipped last Friday but so far has not shown up yet in the...
Alas, no Gallus for me yet...
Well, if the times were so good, they wouldn't have been trumpeting it so much on the coins. Kind of wishful thinking or propaganda. It reminds me...
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