Great post @Al Kowsky - I think I have but one to share, though I am not completely sure of the identification (if anybody can improve on my...
I'd be very interested in seeing those coins! There was a lot of interesting stuff circulating in China back in the day.
Very, very interesting. This is exactly the kind of numismatic/economic history tidbits that are hidden in missionary, academic, botanical (in...
The stories behind the coins we collect can be very interesting. Over the years I have occasionally poked around traveler's accounts, travel...
Terrific write-up as always, @Jochen1 My only Concordia of 2022 so far is this sestertius of Volusian on a characteristic squared-off flan. She's...
Thank you for that informative post. It explains why Potosi 8 reales dated 1808 are so common - years ago when I was collecting Spanish Colonial...
Some really nice Severus Alexanders in this thread. My most recent came in a big batch sent to me by uber-generous Coin Talker @tenbobbit back in...
Nice pick-ups, @ambr0zie - I really like the coins of the House of Valerian. So far in 2022, I've added one - the Apollo drawing a bow type had...
The edges have the "overlap" and like they are supposed to; weights are okay too. I'm not expert, but I have been handling these for 30+ years...
I really like those Imaginary Bust types. On silver, there seems to be three types, but I lack the reference books to attribute them; one was...
That is a very attractive Marcus Aurelius Liberalitas sestertius - I thought I had one too, but mine is from the next one, Liberalitas VII (and...
A really spectacular denarius of Marcus Aurelius, @IMP Shogun At the moment I am re-reading a biography of Marcus Aurelius by Frank McLynn that...
Thank you RC for the additional information and the correction! I appreciate the help.
As far as I know, this is the only depiction of Mt. Argaeus on an Imperial Roman coin (rather than a Provincial). Part of a scarce series of...
I really like those photos - the details certainly come through and the overall effect is for me somehow dramatic, like an old Hollywood headshot....
A very handsome coin - and I like the ones that make you work to figure them out. Along the same lines, I got these two in another small eBay...
Thanks, RC. It does seem that after Commodus, the as and dupondius becomes a lot scarcer. Inflation, ancient Roman style! (Though we still have...
That's a great-looking lioness! Very collectible indeed.
My favorite way to collect ancients is random acts of eBay. So I often find myself drifting into areas I've never heard of, let alone collected....
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