I picked up an ANTONINVS last week. It arrived from CNG today. They called it a Dupondius, but I call it a two As scale weight. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I hate the ones that hammer before I find them in the mass of online sales / auctions. I have seen only one 13, IΓ, weight and that was 36 hours...
nice finds
I drove 5 hours in 100+F temps to see a currency bar (a bucket list item). The seller's photos and description made it look interesting, but it is...
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] It is always fun to find treasure in what others pass over. I see lots of B's on scale weights, but none of mine are pointed the...
After several failed attempts, I won a one dot club aes grave. It is not the smallest cast coin in my collection, but it is close. [ATTACH]...
The weight is a bit short of the 32.7 Kg expected for 327 grams per Roman pound. Roman numbers are made by combining 7 letters: I, V, X, L, C, D...
I am interested in a lot sold in a Gorny & Mosch auction in 2006. It is heavy and would be the largest item in my collection at 66 pounds. I have...
it is good to hear from you
Great coin! I picked up a Roman weight with a countermark. It is the first weight in my collection so marked. [ATTACH] ROMAN (Attalos). Circa...
A friend sent me the following pic and note. Any help would be appreciated. I guessed modern fantasy Crusaders medal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The note...
Great owl. I picked up one at a Houston area coin show a few years ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] There are several super owls for sale on line and at...
You can find a lot of the Head of Athena / Wheel with four spokes (‘solar disk’) cast bronze coins by searching for Olbia Athena Wheel on...
I attended the 2023 NYINC and Vogue Live Knitting (for my wife). We have done this before in one trip. This year it took 2. I brought home some...
nice finds, I like cut coins. Is that a spindle whorle? The second pic is from a yarn show I attended with my wife. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] A prow left triens is at the top of my list.
good luck with the storm
Nice piece @galba68. Rome first paid soldiers in 400 BC. They first produced coins about 280 BC. Between those dates, cast bronze was used to pay...
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