Have you ever bought a coin that was really, really cruddy, just because it was an interesting type? I do this a lot on eBay, if the price is...
That's a great countermark, Doug. Curious, I found these possible matches: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6840629...
Nice bees. Here's a bee from Babylon on a tetradrachm: [ATTACH] Seleukos I Nikator Tetradrachm (c. 311-300 B.C.) Babylon Mint Head of Herakles...
I understand your frustration - it took me a while to get used to some of the ancient search lingo - and I still have a lot to learn. When it...
That is really nice, @panzerman Please let me know if you ever want to swap :rolleyes: [ATTACH]
I'm convinced! You had me at non-Imperial wedding in the first paragraph.
A nice example of a scarce coin, @Gam3rBlake - CT's own @Valentinian has a page on these types for women here:...
Welcome to Coin Talk, and to ancients. I too think your coin looks legit. Now that you have one in silver, you can also get a bigger one in...
I was very excited to see your VENVS VICTRIX of Salonina "rear view" - from what I can tell, this is a fairly scarce coin. Somehow I got two of...
This is a terrific write-up @Curtisimo - very informative. A while back I got a scruffy little Provincial from Perge that I am not entirely sure...
Interesting post - it provoked me to look through my Nicaea AEs to see if there were any radiates - I have a few, with only one that is supposedly...
This is an enjoyable, and useful, thread. It's not Monday, and I don't really collect medieval, but every once in a while a medieval crops up in...
A beautiful Macrinus you have there @Shea19 A recent non-lovely Macrinus led me to a comment on his beard, found in Henry Jewell Bassett's...
Very nice coin, and informative, enjoyable write-up, @Curtisimo. I don't have any Liberalitas silver for Severus Alexander, but I do have two...
Thank you for this very interesting information - that column has puzzled me for a while now and it is good to know it has such interesting...
Interesting thread. I thought I'd weigh in with a bit of fiction: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp. It is an alternative history of Rome...
"Abused and neglected" describes vast areas of my collection. Which is to say I like these threads. :) From last month, here's a Faustina II...
I'm still thrilled something in my collections is near-uniquish. Mine is pretty crummy, but I tried to get some better photos - it has a mottled...
Great-looking Antioch Tyche, @Shea19 - If I have my attribution correct, I have an example of the OP (RPC 8589) - but in much worse shape, but...
Does Hermes count? The caduceus over the shoulder and the petasos makes it Hermes, other than that I've never been able to figure this one out:...
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