It turns out that I have eight coins minted in Lugdunum, my four favorites being: [ATTACH] GAIUS (CALIGULA) AR Denarius (3.68 g.) Lugdunum 37 -...
What I find most curious about this coin is that a basically tribal group (the Parisii) would have enough commerce that they minted gold coins....
This is a very cool coin! What's the history? Were the Greeks occupying Paris at the time, or did the local tribes just mint Greek-like coins...
Let me reinforce this endorsement, especially for those collectors who bid in even just a modest number of auctions or who search the VCoins site...
Actually, I'm only asking you to verify the information that you wrote above. But if this information is proprietary and you're not allowed to...
How do you know this? Can you direct me to the source where you find these statistics? While I have access to a number of websites where auction...
While it's not my intention to defend or castigate a particular auctioneer, the above post puzzles me in a few ways: Most auction houses set...
I doubt you'll regret it very much -- it was inexpensive and it got you started into collecting ancients, which pretty much makes it worth the...
Some unorganized thoughts about this potential book: 1. There should be general price indicators for each coin, possibly illustrated as in the...
Most (but not necessarily all) collectors on this site will tell you that there's no "right" or "wrong" way to collect ancient coins. This is the...
Unfortunately I don't have time today to comment in detail, but I will chime in briefly on a number of points: 1. Do not include actual prices;...
Sounds like a good project for you! We'll look forward to reviewing it next Spring.
I find the differing points of view in these posts to be interesting and thought-provoking, and have some observations of my own about the...
My copy of RIC has the following note under "(v) Hybrids": "The BM now has a denarius with obverse 2A [bare-headed right with legend A VITELLIVS...
Another thought occurred to me, regarding the date that is part of each label. It would be more consistent if you included just one of the...
One other thought: if you do have a leftover space, you might include a label with a general description of a Roman denarius, with information...
Wow! Leave it to Deacon Ray to take an already VF design and make it EF! One observation/suggestion: Will everyone know that AR means silver?...
There are a lot of threads on this site geared toward helping newbies get started. Here's just one:...
My evaluation/opinion is somewhat at right angles to the original question. Research on ACSEARCH shows that in March 2018 the following coin sold...
I imagine that many of us in this generation were fascinated by the liquid metal Hg. When I was a kid, I used to get small amounts of it from the...
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