Re: Johannes - Great coin! I wouldn’t recognize it for what it is - this is one RARE coin!
Tooled and ugly and not worth a tenth of the price. I hope this is eBay since I don’t believe any reputable European or American auction house...
I am limited to ancients now but when I was a kid I collected US coins - still have the collection and I am waiting for the grandchildren to grow...
I am nowhere near my goal for any of these - I could no longer afford to include Elagabalus but the scarcity of coins I am looking for in any...
Wonderful portraits especially the Hostilian -
I have posted eight tetradrachms of Elagabalus from Antioch on ebay, all but two in higher grade, and all priced lower than any other similar type...
It is NOT Nicea - the coin clearly was struck in Thassolonika under Domitian - I am completely sure about this - check out other coins struck by...
It is a rare and interesting piece all the same. I had a worn one years ago and regret selling it. I just saw a VF example go for an insane price...
I can think of a hundred responses to this, all of which would get me in trouble with the opposite sex.
Wonderful - puts to shame my own research.
Wasn't this the city that Maximinus put under siege and his failure to take it led to his demise? Speaking about Atilla -one of the mysteries of...
Thanks to all for the comments - the inscription is Nicea - but I cannot find anything from Nicea that looks remotely like this. The group of...
I recently won this unusual coin in a group of five coins from Numismatick Naumann. It is a puzzling piece - appears to be genuine but cannot...
There are two possibilities here - first, the thieves will simply melt down the coins, and sell the gold as bullion - safest way from the point...
Right and the - forget the name - that were sent to Rome in ancient times and that Egypt now wants back. Cultural patrimony humbug. Wonderful...
Beautiful site - I know that Septimius struck architectural coins - they are very rare in all metals and it could be that the image is from Lepis...
I have been selling ancient coins as MORTOWN on ebay for 26 years. During that time I have sold well over 10,000 to 15,000 coins, all types, all...
I would love to buy one of these as a sestertius but could not afford the $3,000+ cost that Berk was seeking. This denarius is a beauty!
I should add that two of the sestertii of Caracalla came via Harlan Berk from the collection of Curtis Clay, formerly an active member here and...
Beautiful example!
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