A while back on eBay I picked up a Roman Republic denarius of L. Antestius Gragulus. The seller thought it was a fake and so had it priced at...
Well, speaking of buying things you didn't know you collected, and speaking of Maxentius and his temple coins, I picked up this somewhat...
I only have 2 Trebonianus Gallus - very new purchases: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It was very helpful - thank you very much. I had no idea there were so many torch/scepter combinations in these Faustina issues.
I think mine is the torch/scepter combination. My unprovable theory on this is that the torches are held by the goddess farther out than the...
Thank you so much TIF and Ken Dorney! My lack of a set of RIC is showing. I appreciate your help.
So I was looking over some of the less attractive areas of my collection and came across this As (I think - it weighs 9 grams - is this a...
Well put, Bing. For me too, collecting pleasure levels are connected with price. I just feel better about a bargain than paying a fair price....
Thanks for your insights Doug. The Julia D. was the reason I bid on the lot - what makes this sort of find appealing (addictive) to me is the...
Really a lovely coin - nice buy. I love the portrait on these. Somebody probably linked this already, but there is a really fine website...
Nice Carinus! And yeah, I've got some ugly coins that "in hand" looked no better than the ugly pics. Win some lose some, they say.
Thank you for the attribution help on the ha'rf groat.
The Julia Domna denarius is 19-20mm and weighs 3.08 grams. Thank you all for your comments!
I consider it being akin to a gambling addiction, but one of my favorite way to purchase ancients is to cruise eBay looking for poorly described...
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