Excellent set! It makes you wonder what might be the longest chain you can make. Here is another overstrike. There is one obvious undertype....
Quite a few of my coins have been purchased not entirely on their own merits but because they seemed to add interest or clarity to another coin I...
Probus seems to have had the largest wardrobe of all emperors. This certainly includes shields. I have a few fancy ones but the one that eludes...
Students of the series can use clues that place various issues in some sort of order but I have seen no evidence that the changes were in any way...
I really disagree with this post. The question is not so much whether you want to save $5 finding a cheaper coin like this or whether you want...
Good point about the tendency of early legends being more 'full'. I do not have a Claudius of that style but find it interesting that his...
The question is not what we think but what you consider important. I have very few coins that have the mintmarks all or partly off the flan or...
In this case, wax (crayons???) was melted into the cut and tooled without disturbing the metal. I regret not having taken a photo before I...
Trajan AR didrachm Antioch / Baalat-Hera bust [ATTACH] Next: a Provincial bronze of Trajan
That ia a fine specimen of the portrait in use near the end of the life of Septimius before the obverse legend was changed to IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG...
We have been shown coins with VIRTVS PROBI AVG on either side but I am unaware of any coin that has that same legend on both sides. Does anyone...
This Pi4 seemed to me to be a bargain when I got it but I soon discovered that it was cheaper because the test cut had been filled with way which...
https://fineart.ha.com/itm/meteorites/irons/a-slice-of-the-tucson-ring-the-most-unique-iron-meteorite-in-the-world/a/6042-49178.s This meteorite...
Agree. Trier is a mint where we do not easily draw a line between official and imitations. In general, I wonder how many cases there are of...
Here is a Republican wolf: [ATTACH] Next: Another wolf but NO twins allowed
The hobby of collecting meteorites IMO suffers from an addiction to weight for pricing just like we see for wear in coins and centering in stamps....
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