So this is where my newfound (newly admitted anyway) collecting of LRB and my oldest fixation of coins of Mars collide. One of my most recent...
Military busts are not common on the antoninianii of Maximianus Herculius. His later issues changed the PAX AVGG types from the usual Pax standing...
After being in denial for so long I can now confirm that I have admitted to myself what has been obvious to others for a little while. My name is...
So I have bought a coin with a hole. I am expecting Doug to know immediately but am throwing this at the rest of you first... What have I...
I bought this coin just because the portrait is as sharp as anyone could ask for in a silvered LRB. The reverse has someflatness on Jupiter's head...
I had ordered a couple of AE4s a while ago and had almost given up on one of them ever arriving. The an AE4 thread arrived on the boards and...
More additions to the LRB collection that I DON'T HAVE!. (I am really in denial here). Another Alexandria coin (I seem to be drawn to the mint!)...
I recently saw this Gallienus and found it interesting enough to buy yet another Gallienus. It is quite a pleasing example with decent legends and...
It seems that a few of us are browsing through bargain basement coins at the moment and I am no different. The coinage of Gallienus can be a very...
I normally avoid buying fakes, which involves lots of study and reserach and building up of knowledge. Despite this I have bought a fake but...
As I keep saying. I DON'T COLLECT LRB. but apparently I am not listening to myself. I have added a few more to the every expanding pile of LRB...
I have generally held back from adding coins to my Probus hoard other than the coins from Lugdunum that I occasionally find. I was however tempted...
Along with the Elagabalus with standards I bought recently I bought I managed to obtain the following coin, which also looks to have endured fire...
After my recent Victorinus - Virtus purchase I stumbled across another small group of Victorinus coins that I felt obliged to give a good home....
I have a penchant for Mars types and it was a MARS VLTOR denarius of Severus Alexander that brought me to ancients. Here is my first ever...
After my votive coins of Constantine that I posted recently I thought I would share this other new arrival. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L...
I got distracted again! I haven't bought any LRB votives or campgates for years but when I saw three decent but common examples for sale at a...
Here is another random purchase. I had never seen the reverse before and bought it out of curiosity. Caracalla AE31 Obv: AU KAI M AUR ANTWNINOS,...
So here I am again trying to explain away even more of my purchases and my rationale behind my purchases. As mentioned before, I don't focus on...
Following on from my post recently illustrating my newly purchased Tetricus I I thought I would follow it up with another new Gallic Empire...
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