BEAUTIFUL stunning coin! I love the eastern denarius of Septimius
I can show you how to get it out of the slab - done it many times.
This is another error coin in the group of this type I purchased. How in the world does a coin of Lysimachia (sp) in Thrace show an inscription...
Ot took me a while to even see this!
t Thought this was interesting -Lysimacheia309BC AE17 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thrace
There was a Boston coin dealer - Henri Delgar, who sold ancient coins on ebay in the early to mid-2000's and I vaguely recall he had a crude...
Nice! Plus high silver content!
Thanks Curtis - I was very much hoping that this note would get your attention. From your other posts it is my understanding that this type is the...
Thank you for your post and your encouragement. I have always wondered at the differences between ancient Greek and what my father and his side...
Thank you - beautiful examples by the way. The Caracalla denarius has my favorite obverse bust type - I was fortunately able to buy a sestertius...
Well I did this when I was really tired so in addition to not proofreading it properly I think the inscriptions are not quite correct. - oh well I...
I turned 65 a few months ago, and realized that sooner or later I would have to consider retirement and, as a result, would finally have plenty of...
I have been tied up with work but i will post these tonight - I have the article worked out in my mind. I am also going to do an article on...
Curtis - when you say Paris what collection is that in? Is it the French National Collection - I'm not sure that exists, or in Louvre?
I lost a hundred dollars on a Faustina Sr. sestertius consignment consignment in a Leu sale - the photograph wasn't that great which is why I...
I guess it is a phony?
] It is very difficult to find rare coins like the Septimius Severus Salus I just bought on ebay without the rarity highlighted because the...
Ebay is still one of the few places you can find deals through misattributed, really poorly photographed, or unrecognized rarities etc but great...
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