Nice shot! It's fun to be able to enlarge it and see more detail on the individual coins. I enjoy both actual trays that show only particular...
I've read through this entire thread for the first time, and for the life of me, I can't understand whatever happened to the ability to laugh at...
I very much enjoyed your writeup, especially as it relates to Galba and coins of his that were minted there. The Tarraco mint portraits tend to...
Ever since I started collecting ancients, I've loved this iconic coin of the Roman Republic. Although outside my main focus of the 12 Caesars and...
The texture of this coin's surface is unlike any other aureus I've ever seen, even aurei in rough condition. - Who is the seller? - What is the...
As much as I enjoyed Herculaneum and Pompeii, I agree that Ostia is at the top of my list for Roman ruins. Here's one of our pictures (the menu)...
I have rarely read a post that more accurately and objectively describes and summarizes the process of buying ancient coins through a dealer vs....
I don't think I've ever seen a Caesar whose coin portraits showed less joy and more sternness than Galba. [ATTACH] Anyone have a Galba that...
The quality of the obverse portrait and crispness of the detail on your Ides of March denarius place it among the top 10% of these coins that I've...
Fabulous coins all! Not surprisingly, I'm partial to the Vespasian Judaea Capta and the Galba, the latter of which illustrates the Rome mint...
This iconic image is almost a "must have" for collectors of Roman coins. When I added Hadrian's travel series to my collecting interests, I...
This is an outstanding coin -- if there are any "light scratches to reverse" they certainly are unobtrusive -- especially since it's so difficult...
Again, there are some misconceptions in your post that I'd like to clarify. You write "So if you trust the auctioneers..." implying that I...
This seems like an excellent opportunity to clear up some misconceptions about why a collector like me would use a dealer as an advisor....
I thought it might be worthwhile to provide a counterpoint to the somewhat apocalyptic view of ancient coin auctions, dealers, and advisors that...
For me, the features that distinguish this coin are (1) the crispness of Brutus's portrait, (2) the sharp strike of the legends on both the...
I have a few, admittedly inexpert, observations about this coin. First, there is a flatness to the coin's fields (both obverse and reverse) --...
This is always an interesting topic for novice collectors of ancients and worth the time to research and read the multiple threads on this site....
Personally, I'm not sure that this generalization is 100% statistically accurate. It might be possible to support this by analyzing sales posted...
Wow! No, I didn't have this information on my coin so I very much appreciate your posting it. The coin looks much better in hand and in its...
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