I was fortunate at Berkeley to be able to take two ancient history courses from leading historian Erich Gruen. One was called Imperial Rome and...
One other thing that is a bit weird is the apparent line around the eyes, looks like eyeliner almost. I guess wear and tear does interesting...
Tough one. I can only make out for sure the letters CON on the flan at 11:00 clock, so I'd guess it's a Constantinian bronze, of Constantine or...
LRB = late roman bronze, mostly what you get with the uncleaned hoards.
The Indiana Jones factor is important. Just getting back into the hobby it was great to have so many attributable coins for me. The good thing for...
I started buying uncleaned hoards 2.5 years ago. I bought four bags with over 900 coins. Of these, 35% or so were complete duds, another 35% were...
I'm not sure. But the outlet (UK) I was using for uncleaned coins recently shuttered, their website saying "Due to EU restrictions, we no longer...
Nice. I too would like to collect this series - don't have any yet. Would like the one (sestertius) showing the Coliseum on the reverse.
Quite nice. I'm also gradually getting the hang of taking better pictures.
That definitely seems to be the case! Thank You for the Welcomes, All.
Cool antoninianus! Must be very rare...
I just got this one this week! Obverse: Radiate bust of Gallus right IMP CC VIB TREB GALLVS AVG Reverse: Draped figure of Pietas...
It's still a fun town! Many of the same watering holes remain, as well as Top Dog. The university has increased in size/number of buildings,...
I joined the Forum about a month ago and have yet to make a proper introduction. I'm from Berkeley, California and have been collecting off and on...
I agree. Grading coins appears to be more of an art than a science, since there are so many variables to consider. Ultimately I guess it comes...
No Tacitus for me yet! Nice coins everyone...
Here's a nice new addition to my collection courtesy of the generous Victor Clark. Maximinus, a cowherder turned soldier, became Caesar in 305...
What a shame. It was a nice coin. Must have gotten stuck under a heavier parcel or something like that. Fortunately this has never happened to me....
I've got a huge number of tiny ones, AE4's I guess from Arcadius, Honorius, and some of the later emperors. They came in a cache of 250 coins that...
An interesting story. I once bought a jar of black sand from Hawaii for $1.00 at a garage sale in San Diego when I was ten years old. Inside were...
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