Not sure this is technically a "travel series" issue, but it does feature a Province, and a mountain: [ATTACH] Hadrian Æ As/Dupondius...
Thank you for sharing that article, @cmezner - I have a low-grade Kyme with a mystery magistrate I may now have some chance of finding. Here it...
Very informative write-up, @Parthicus - my Kushan collection is very scanty; here's my only one for Kanishka I: [ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom...
I seem to recall James posted a photo of himself as a child in the Blitz, but I cannot find it now. As for his military service, he posted a bio...
My 2022 Septimius Severus finds are two, so far, as follows: Nikopolis - I hope @Jochen1 will look this one over (hint hint :shame:): [ATTACH]...
Well put. I know nothing for sure about any of this, but I've always thought that silver content of coinage being debased from say 95% to 89%...
I found this online: https://nodictionaries.com/cicero/de-officiis-3/80
Hmm. You made me look over mine again. I thought I had a Simonetta 44a, based on my do-over using @svessien posts above. But I got it wrong -...
Thank you, @svessien - I think you covered everything in my small collection with this post - but I will keep you in mind for any future Simonetta...
What sad news. I always enjoyed posts from James, his knowledge and good humor will be missed. Back when I was just beginning to get...
I want to chime in with a big, hearty thank you for sharing that Simonetta book. Thank you @svessien ! I have five low-grade drachms of...
Oh, this is the kind of lot that makes my heart go pit-a-pat. What fun! I am especially enamored of the Philip the Arab with the cippus. As for...
I'd be cautious about blue/green/fancy patinas from the Balkans. eBay (and probably elsewhere) is full of fakes from that area, many of them...
Thank you, Gavin. It was one of those lucky moments on eBay - I've long admired the type but saw what they usually went for and so thought I'd...
Stobi was my very first Provincial - I didn't get another Provincial of any sort for about 20 years. It came for free from a dealer named Bill...
Interesting type for Nero. I lucked into one in a lot on eBay for five bucks, but it has some condition issues, of course. This one is a bust...
Beautiful coins - thank you for sharing them @I_v_a_n - I agree with you about being on the side of beauty and creation - or as John Keats put it,...
This thread really showcases some great Licinius issues. Mine is pretty cruddy, but I really like the portrait, scowly and clutching the emblems...
A most useful summing-up of this intriguing countermark, Curtis. That single Vespasian example causing the whole series to be questioned in...
Verrry interesting post, @seth77 The use of Saturn on later Imperial coins has puzzled me some - such a gloomy god when the message was usually...
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