Confederate Notes and Bonds make up a good chunk of my paper money collection. So, here are some representative notes: Confederate State of...
That books costs about $125 if you bought it from one of the book sellers in India and get it shipped for free. It is definitely NOT a $400 or...
Stupid Amazon "auto-competitive" pricing gets screwed up. It should cost no more than $75-$100. It is a great book and if you want it, I can...
Alright! Lets get the party started. I'll give Sicily the boot (sorry Catania & Syracuse), while I go through Rome and Ravenna... Byzantine...
After responding to this thread, I, interesting enough, found and bought a half-follis! You normally don't bump into these as I have been looking,...
It is time to dig out my Licinius coins :D Roman Imperial: Licinius I (308-324) BI Reduced Follis, Siscia (RIC VII-8) Obv: IMP LIC LICINIVS PF...
BTW, I am personally on the hunt for one of Justinian's plague coins. Justinian caught the plauge around 541/542 and hence the follis and half...
I got lucky a few years ago with several awesome Byzantine coins in an auction (my first Byzantine coins, BTW). Guess it wasn't as popular as it...
That is a fantastic follis with great patina! You got great eyes and a lot of luck spotting gems on ebay. Congrats! It is a very popular type...
That is a very nice one with good legends! Very crisp. There are tons of different varieties with this coin as the arrows are different as well...
Google Books is great, but it doesn't allow you to directly download pages from books that have a limited preview. But there are some tricks and...
These coins are based off of a maternal lineage. The guy's name is indeed Pulumavisa and his mom's name is Vasisithi. In Sanskrit, putasa means...
Nice one AN! These coins have the signature nose, cheeks, and ears of the Satavahanas :D. Now lets reel this thread back into Satavahana with...
I really don't have any words for the coins you posted as I am just speechless!!! You are becoming another Lawrence A. Adams...
Now those are some awesome boots! I have three examples from Magnentius and I hope to pick up the one Mikey posted... Roman Imperial:...
Outstanding! And that is a coin that is high on my list of wants :(
The theory that we came up was that the original die might have broke into two pieces and to continue using that die, another piece was wielded...
@dougsmit: There is definitely something beautiful about the four-holed Divus Augustus as, especially with that green patina. I also like the...
I usually don't buy holed coins, but at times, there are coins that are nearly impossible to collect or are extremely expensive and these types of...
This is one of the notes that is high in my want list, but the cost is so prohibitive :(
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