@dougsmit hahaha. One thing I’ve learned is that the people who don’t have a sense of humor about themselves are probably not worth knowing,...
Also, @dougsmit thank you for the Akropolis page. I didn’t know it existed. It is helpful and faster than trying to read Birley and figure out...
@zumbly @dougsmit @John Anthony Thank you all for the help. I agree with Doug in that unless you can see what description there is with a...
@TheRed Thanks for the response. A lot of times when I am doing miserable coin by coin searches because no easily useable reference exists, I...
@chrsmat71 Lol, sorry for the tease.
Nice coins guys! I admit I have a harder time than I want to have when I look these up on wildwinds. How do you find these fellas, just by name...
@Roman Collector Those are all very cool! I really like the tetrassarion with the bear. Pretty awesome!
Way to be super general, Moushmov. Pfft. Haha, like I have ever written a reference book. I appreciate the help @Roman Collector. It is really...
...but mostly me. A pair to my earlier post: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/septimius-severus-cos-ii.306390/ [ATTACH] Excuse the photos, I...
Hello All, Figured I would share a nice little bronze of Seleukos IV from Syria. Nothing too fancy, but a nice portrait of Apollo on the...
Hello All, In the interest of making myself crazy, I bought a badly worn Septimius Severus Provincial piece and decided I would figure it out....
Lol you should have seen how mad I was getting when Google and VCoins would not turn up any results for “Heirocaesaraea.” That’s what happens...
Ah man, I feel dumb now, because it appears so obvious when you guys start pointing out things. Thank you @Pellinore, @zumbly and of course...
Hello All, I bought two coins recently from the Bay and I am having a bit of a hard time with one. [ATTACH] The obverse legend appears to be:...
@Roman Collector That is a very sharp Vesta!
@dougsmit I am hoping that eventually most of the information will make it into a book form of some sort. I would really like to have a better...
FEL is short for Felicit I believe which means happy or good. See FEL TEMP REPARATIO for later uses of the word FEL in that context. I could be...
I can definitely see that here.
@maridvnvm Thanks for the additional information. I am still learning and having folks like you to guide me in the right direction is super...
Just a nice looking coin celebrating the victorious, happy emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla. [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Denarius,...
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