Those new to the concept of weight standards might enjoy this summary: http://www.seleukidtraces.info/information/daehn It includes a table which...
Have any of the RR experts addressed how the coins came to be so varied in workmanship? We are told that moneyers could select designs that...
There is a lot worse than 'nearly failed'.
I, for one, would love to hear the rest of the story that led to the $3000 realization. Perhaps someone bid $70103 :playful:and was embarrassed...
I have two coins both called obols when they appear in polite sales. The first weighs 0.8g while the second weighs 0.6g. The difference between...
The other expression for trihemiobol would be 1/4 drachm. I believe all three are from the same dies and the $3000 was not a fluke but a sign...
Thank you. I have looked through several old auction catalogs including the large collection in Vecchi 3 but am probably being fooled by the...
Is this considered the last coin of an aging Elagabalus or a first issue when the mint did not know he was younger than Caracalla?
My two cow is a Vespasian and shows no harness if it ever did. My Titus is Eastern and just one bull. Coins of this period are often worn....
The RIC system would work equally poorly in the other direction. There are ancient coins known as a result of a single find. Lets say a pot of...
I agree fully. Anyone who defines their collection by what it does not include will never find happiness in the hobby. The Big Dogs play rough....
My problem is that I know too little about RR bronzes to have any idea what is related. That means I'll show ignorance and post again the one I...
We go through this every time it comes up but we always have people who missed the last time. RIC ratings do not attempt to count the number of a...
Ancient coins are absolutely full of examples hard to explain by anything beyond they just did not care. Certainly Byzantine went through some...
You have to understand the rules/workings of every venue. Not all are the same. If you set an eBay snipe for $120.09 and someone else bids...
Define 'specialist'. I'll suggest it is someone who realizes a complete set of the specialty is impossible because there is always the hope for...
[ATTACH] Welllllll Maybeee! The OP and my example show what I consider a very interesting use of the 'little O' which in Greek is Omicron. On...
Relatively few sellers publish how much the winning bidder actually bid. When we bid $123 and the coin sells for $124 we often wonder if we could...
[IMG][IMG] The two denarii of Emesa mint by Septimius Severus and Julia Domna above not only used the same reverse type but the same basket of...
Considering the problems that would arise for a US leader who might take off "In God We Trust" and what Victoria faced for her Godless Florins, I...
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