I did not go to the show looking for Eastern mint Severans but these two found me anyway. Both are 'Emesa' mint. Septimius Severus AR denarius...
From Metapontion comes this 1/3 stater 2.58g with very deeply cut incuse reverse. It is 'different' in the raised center rib of the reverse and...
I can not answer the question why I buy some things but occasionally my desire to generalize my collection. Sometimes this results in a coin I...
This is a pretty common type but my experience with this one almost made me buy two from the same dealer at the same show. One was $50 and toned...
My coin show proceeds included four Greek silver coins weighing under a gram each. I like Tiny Treasures. My page on the subject has not been...
I'm not saying the cities that contributed to this post are rare and they certainly are not valuable but they are evidence that there were places...
My coin show Friday allowed me to see many more coins new to these eyes than usual. There are dealers whose entire stock is made up of coins...
That's a cool mix of coins....and I could use a few nice Byzantines to add to my paltry few. Mikey Zee posted the above to another thread but I...
The Post Office and CNG conspired again to provide me with great service in the form of the one coin I bought in sale 382 last week. Instead of...
Lately we have had some interest in Eastern coins so I'll start another thread on a considerably different piece of silver. It was cheap but...
My only win in the recent CNG sale arrived today. I'm satisfied wit the coin but it raises many questions I find addressed with less than...
I seem o have a problem going to shows and seeing a coin I like only to make a mistake on what I already had. This causes duplicates. The last...
We had a good showing of Postumus coins. Who want to play Carausius? My new one is pretty typical in some ways and better in others. Many/most...
I keep telling myself that I am not collecting Postumus but I keep buying ones I did not have. The one that arrived today is SAECVLI FELICITAS...
I bought this one because of you people. I mean I have been wanting a coin of this type for my Alexandrian group but this one appealed despite...
We spend a lot of time on CT discussing coins someone sends in for us to tell them whether it is real or not. In many cases we can say with...
It is hard for me to remember what we have discussed here over the past few years but it seems we discuss the same coins over and over again. I...
Amyntas was the last king of Galatia (in central Asia Minor) before it became a part of Rome. As a Roman client, he was quite skillful moving his...
JA is attending a coin show in Baltimore which I am skipping but I'm taking the opportunity to catch up by reporting Greek coins I bought at a...
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