Finally, after three months of research (more than I spent on all my other coins - put together) I think that I now have all the riddles of this...
I discovered that I only bought 20 coins this year. After posting my ten favourite acquisitions of 2018 in the last thread, today you see the...
Thank you everybody for casting your votes! It is always nice to see how others grade the relative eye appeal of your coins. I have to work with...
I only bought 21 coins this year (18 Sestertii, two Ants, and one Medallion). Here are my 10 favorites (all except the last are upgrades) in...
Hostilian as Augustus, Trajanus Decius, Herennius Etruscus, and Etruscilla on Sestertii: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice! I love left facing Portraits on Sestertii! Here is my Vespasian PAX Sestertius - facing right, but even heftier :-) : [ATTACH] IMP CAES...
1960s... [MEDIA] 1970s... [MEDIA] 1980s... [MEDIA] 1990s... [MEDIA] now: [ATTACH]
During my trip to Denmark last weekend I had only half an hour time to take a look at this magnificent museum. I headed straight to the ancients...
[ATTACH] M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADVMENIANVS CAES - bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian right. SPES PVBLICA S C - Spes advancing...
After selling my first Orbiana, I suffered from the vacancy in my Sestertius collection. So here is the replacement: [ATTACH] SALL BARBIA...
Here is my very worn but genuine Sestertius of Didius Julianus to compare: [ATTACH] Notice the realistic wear on this example, while the OP coin...
Thanks! When I compare my two Hadrians I might consider to prefer a light mahogany tone with tan highlights over an unpatinated brassy Sestertius...
My new Numerianus Medallion has been to France, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands and Monaco in the last 150 years... [ATTACH] 1) Rollin &...
My own copy of the first edition arrived today! It´s in good shape and despite having been the only specimen on offer worldwide it only cost me 14...
I love die studies, too! It´s just that I´m not as good at them as TIF . So here are two more specimens we can compare my Medallion with: This...
I do not have a struck Paduan, but can assure you that your specimen easily surpasses all portraits of Tiberius on ancient coinage in artistic...
I found a bound book including all three parts that has the year "1870" written into both covers by it´s previous owner:...
Thank you for your detailed research ... and congratulations to owning such a rare and ancient catalogue! So there must be (at least) two...
Ah, now I found the Medallion in the Crignon de Montigny catalogue: [ATTACH] Mine is not size 10 and certainly does not qualify as FDC, but is...
That is a nice catalogue Ed, but does not seem to be the one mentioned above, because it has no Medallions of Numerianus in it. The one I'm...
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