Its one of the more common ways to collect romans yes, but its also VERY expensive. Campgates are another beast also.
The cutoff area for Ancients tends to vary, for me its usually after 1000 A.D. or so. Most common? For sure LRBs, which stands for Late Roman...
Or you can go for ones Randy And DougS like, Fallen Horseman, which is a action scene on the reverse of a guy spearing a enemy....
I can say the same thing about U.S. coin collectors. Dont get me wrong, I have a decent U.S. Type set going on & still love certain U.S. coin...
Its silver, 3.2 grams, size of a penny diamater wise. This coin was $45 after shipping. This particular emperor is cheap & common & has many...
I could have gotten a 8 escudo from Sedwick for a little over $1000, bought a seated dollar & $10 gold piece instead. These suckers have gone up...
Latest ancient. Ive always wanted this particular emperor's coin featuring a neptune on its reverse. [img] Septimius Severus (193-211 AD) AR...
I have always wanted a Severus with this neptune reverse. I have lost out on a few but this one popped up from a international vcoins dealer at...
I had a ton of air tites and they were all made for u.s. size coins. There is rubber rings you can buy that go into them to accommodate the size...
Definitely a area I dont know anything about but I have seen some in your gallery. It looks like a very fun and educational area of ancients that...
I was wondering if the coin above was possibly Emesa or Laodicea-ad-Mare mint.
Nice additions. I dont know but I think that Severus is from a eastern mint, not rome. Might wanna post it in the forum and see.
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Yes the portrait, lettering and such matched with the example I found. Plus if I was wrong I am sure Ardatirion would have said so ;)
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Never seen the type before, looks pretty cool. These kind of asian coins I could get into, unlike cash coins.
I went with the digital when I got a subscription, much easier.
I believe this is the info: Diadumenian, mid May - 8 June 218 A.D., Hierapolis, Syria obverse ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΟΠΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC, radiate, draped and...
No kidding :/
Randy & I have already discussed this a few days ago, its "B(.)(.)bie Ancients"
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