My Adoptive Emperors set is coming along nicely... this came in the mail today.. [ATTACH] TRAJAN AE orichalcum sestertius. IMP CAES NERVAE...
A new addition for my Adoptive Emperor set (wanted to finish the set with this Emperor).. it's an unusually nice coin for me :happy:. [ATTACH]...
My goal for 2019 is a set of the "Adopted Emperors" in Sestertius (sestertii?).. After some research I realized that Nerva would be a difficult...
I purchased a sestertius this evening... the description refers to it as a "orichalcum sestertius" ... (I won't show the coin until I receive it)....
I am starting this thread for two reasons.. #1 - so many on here own these coins.. and if I owned one I would like any excuse to post it and...
I have just reached my 1 year anniversary of Ancient Coin collecting.. this has been extremely educational and rewarding (a big thank you to ALL...
This is a long post - sorry, maybe just disregard..newbies may enjoy... ----------------------- In January ..a couple of weeks from now... I will...
This is a play on the recent (excellent) thread by @David Atherton called "When you Buy a Coin because of the Portrait".. which is here is you...
This arrived in the mail today from Ken Dorney's recent auction. It's a hefty 22.53 grams and certainly feels great and looks great in hand! I am...
What is your collection aim for 2019? Do you sit back and evaluate where you are at the moment and plan out your next moves short term or long...
I posted this coin on the Hadrian Provincial thread when I received it a few weeks ago.. but I can't stop handling it. I just think it has good...
At only 9.5mm this is my smallest Roman coin. It was difficult for me to photograph a coin of this size .. I will have to play with the lighting...
Hopefully I can explain this question clearly: I have a bunch of saved searches on certain eBay sellers.. for example the good seller frascatius,...
I have been looking for fouree for awhile.. hoping to find one of the Republic that fit my budget and was in good shape. Something that would be a...
I know it's not the best example (haha) - but I have wanted one of these for a long time and this one I could afford.. and I am very happy to...
At the beginning of the year (just a couple of months into my new ancient coin collecting hobby) I picked up a small, lower end bronze Alexander...
Is it preferred practice to create a new thread for new coins you have acquired or to resurrect older threads that refer to the same ruler, etc?...
Bidding on a lower end coin (it's what I do)...I meant to bid $12.51 and ended up bidding 1251.00...lol.. somehow - fat fingers I guess? I had no...
Received this in a lot awhile ago. After some investigation online I have it as Severus Alexander - mint city: Nicaea [ATTACH] The reverse...
I received this coin in a lot purchased about a month ago. I posted one poor quality pic showing the 18 coins... there were 4 small Greek coins in...
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