I have owned two of these. The first was a nice enough coin but bothered me because of the off flan REX ARETAS which IMO is the important part...
Has anyone published metallurgical studies showing whether the MON VRB coins were made in Rome and shipped to Syria or if the dies were Roman but...
While I do have one Florian, [ATTACH] The obvious 'little brother' was Geta. [ATTACH]
You need a Tacitus XI. They are relatively common. [ATTACH]
Beanie Babies are a lot like coins. The one that were played with by children never were worth anything because they only wanted mint state with...
Thanks to Dwarf for pointing out an excellent example of a point that way too many collectors miss. 'Greek' coins include thousands of issuing...
I would not call the Septimius versions 'rare' unless you consider any Eastern coin 'rare'. The Julia version comes in several early and late...
There was a time I was buying a Helena from each mint but never finished the project and sold a couple of the ones I did not like as much. I...
Where you made a mistake is waiting to start collecting until 2022. Each of my Syracuse tetradrachms (early and late styles) was under $200 but...
I was hoping this would circle back so I could post this Julia Mamaea: [ATTACH] Next: A reverse you could guess from seeing the obverse but be...
Like the coin shown by Jay GT4, my tetradrachm has the date LA on the obverse. It also has reverse legend naming EIPHNH. Is there a theory on...
While I agree with the premise that eBay can be a good source for coins, this thread points out to me that there is a great deal of variation in...
It is too soon to know if I will die of Covid but it seems certain that my hobby is past the point of being saved by a respirator. I do wonder...
Try not shining a bright light directly on the coin but bounce light around the whole area or even the room so the light is soft rather than...
I don't have the C mint for Diocletian or Maximianus but an particularly fond of my Carausius GGG from C. These coins often require compromises....
It is interesting that the reverse for Julia used the offices of Caracalla ΔHMARX EΞ YΠATOC TO Δ (including the delta for 4th Consulship). I...
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53705966/f16.item.r=Property%20of%20the%20Royal%20United%20Service%20Institution Matching or not, that is...
I guess you could call me a 'one per' collector. I have one each silver, sestertius, Alexandrian tetradrachm (at the same time it is the worst...
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An unfortunate characteristic of coins of the Huns is often the poorly struck reverses. Some types are lucky to have a reverse. They seem to...
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