I agree with the last comment - there have been coins I have purchased that never get identified with anything like near certainty, that do not...
I have 16 potin tetradrachms up, plus the usual assortment of other coins including biblical prutahs, provincials, Greek bronzes, small Greek...
I am in the process of posting six prutahs on ebay - all of Agrippa I. This in addition to the 180 other ancient coins all at ridiculously low...
Someone was in a rush
A French auction house just sold a Geta sestertius from ca. 206AD. I had sold a bunch of my sestertii, saved up money from expense reimbursements...
Sort of shudder at the thought of what “death with fury” meant in ancient times. Makes me think that crucifixion was tame by comparison.
Wonderful coin and writeup. About two or three years ago it seems there were hundreds of small gold and electrum coins for sale. I must have...
well that got completely bolloxed - here is the coin I think - mine is 9mm and 0.89 grams - this is from a Roma 2021 auction - 5/11/21 = lot 89:...
As for the above this is what I got off of Acsearch - the best search engine for these little bronzes - mine is 9mm and 1.02 grams - I If you...
You are right but it was a number of other things as well - the shutting down of the Eastern European sellers by government, including with...
This is the photograph -- Sidon???? [ATTACH]
I made some more images of coins from the safety deposit box. These were coins - sestertius - purchased mostly from ebay between 1999 and 2012 or...
Fair enough - next time I do it I should post a before and after. In the first instance I could hardly make out the details on the coin since the...
Although the biblical coins I ordered have not come in yet, I put up some high grade URBS ROMA types and some greek bronzes with more to list, My...
Beautiful coin - I have had success with bronzes by putting a small bit of oil on them. I was just talking to a dealer - he uses 4 in one oil - I...
Here are the last ones I photographed - I have only two more I want to add after these: 1. Severus Alexander - Pax, purchased from a Serbian...
You are correct about Titus - I have been looking for a Titus from later in his reign for years but everything offered is too expensive for what...
Look pretty good to me, especially the Octacila Severa. Thats the thing about sestertii - if you compare two sestertii, unless one is perfect...
It refers to the river Tiber - sestertii found in water - if a bronze survives it - or in the desert where patina didn't cover the surface, leads...
I have to do a better job on the photos
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