Good overview. I recall being taught that ancient Greek had one primary rule that outranked all others. If it does not sound good, it gets...
That is basically the way I see the matter. Every city with a mint had local officials whose name are not attached to coins. Before I would...
I have none of the rare FTR coins of Magnentius but do have the Tau Rho from Amiens for Magnentius [ATTACH] and Chi Rho from Arles Decentius....
I also prefer green green to blue or blue green but never know how much to attribute to the coin and how much to the photograph. Most people use...
While it might not be fourree, is it official? The style, especially the reverse, does not strike me as 'normal' but I am no expert on the type....
There are several decent crocs here. Those who have been around here a while may recall when I went on a croc phase and made one of the last...
In the interest of experiencing worthwhile learning experiences, lets recap three rules: 1. Always deal with 'reputable' sellers - not just for...
They made that type for many years so they exist in a number of styles. My closest thing is this one from the 4th century. Mine was very close to...
If the soldier was wounded, I'd say it was by the horse's tail. Especially when the soldier has a knee up on the horse, the 'bottle brush' tail...
Probably the most common but not the cheapest way to add Ops to the collection is the Alexandria mint denarius of Pertinax. These seem to be more...
I believe it depends so much on the other factors (fads, discoveries, major collection purchases and distributions) that we can't expect a...
I can't say I see a list of mintmarks helping in this particular case. The problem is that the way we of 2022 make letters and the way it was...
Those are two of my favorites from your collection. My Venus has the other legend option and I have nothing like that PERTII obverse. There are...
Two: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I suppose each of the four would be considered the favorite for each viewer and most of the collectors out there would be happy to own any of the...
Did you notice how the coins posted here with weights given were from the earlier, heavy series? Nice examples of the later, lighter coins seem...
While I am not opposed to worn coins, I do have a preference to whose well enough centered and struck that the legends can be read. Of my Kushan...
Am I correct that you see this use (iactabatur) meaning more negative than 'put out' as in 'issued' perhaps what we might say as 'dumped on the...
Mine is similar but year three. Note Nero is three years younger and better looking than even on the year 6 coin. Most Alexandrian tetradrachms...
My run of NFA auction catalogs is not complete but what I have all use Roman numerals. XXIX was in 1992 and had under 500 lots. There were...
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