Doing the Numismatik Naumann one. So far, getting outbid by bidders willing to pay an astonishing amount. It's good, I guess, that the market is...
I respectfully disagree; you're looking at the front of his chest here.
And it IS a very nice example of the type -- well-centered, nicely-patinated, and with fully-legible inscriptions.
The design on the altar has nothing to do with the RIC number. In fact, RIC simply says "altar of varying design": [ATTACH] What distinguishes...
In a different thread, @dougsmit wrote, This ... is from a show today. It is interesting in the way the patina failed to form over the remaining...
I suspect the same thing happened to this Morgan dollar as happened to this dekadrachm from Syracuse in between auction appearances: A few years...
How is that possible? Who is it that calls Gordian III antoninianii the "cockroaches of Roman silver"? Is it @zumbly ?
Huh. Now I can no longer see it. I wonder if Doug edited his post and accidentally deleted the image and I was signed on before he made the edit.
Did you notice the obverse legend on the CNG coin also has the R instead of B in CEBASTOC?
I can see the coin just fine.
Some of my favorite bronzes are Gordian IIIs! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Lots of them: A Galleria Valeria Follis from each mint Saloninus Antoniniani Crispina Denarii Severina Antoniniani A set of GLOR IAEXERC ITUS...
That's a cool theme--all the officinas of a single LRB mint! Congrats on completing your set!
Although this is a plea for information, by all means share your Septimius Severus provincials, Asklepios coins, and so on! This is show and tell....
I was talking about this with a classicist in Greece, who reminds me that Virgil's 4th Eclogue contains a similar sentiment about lions and herds...
Thanks; that's what I thought!
That's some testimony! Congratulations on nearly 9 years of keeping clean!
I collect ancient Roman coins and have no idea about the market for something like this silver-dollar-sized bit of exonumia. It has the logo of a...
What's going on with the obverse on this provincial from Anchialus? I think it's a double strike. [ATTACH]
Sorry you got burned! I hope you've returned the coin and received a full refund.
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