To my way of thinking, your Valerian I is the best selection if you are to have just one coin of his. It refers to how he benefitted the East....
Mine was purchased in 1987 from a brick and morter store in Alexandria, VA, graded VG-F. It appealed to me for the way it combined a red patina...
Yes. I am with tenbobbit letter for letter on this one.
You are correct.
Septimius Severus 193AD LEG V MAC [ATTACH] Next: a type you sincerely believe has not been shown in the preceding 11639 posts
Then as now Pescennius is available at prices all over the place mostly due to the fact that most of his coins were struck in really poor metal....
I don't know how many of you also participate in other coin discussion groups online but today one of the Facebook lists had a classic example of...
Agree! Those abominations have as much resemblance to history as we get from Hollywood movies and historical fiction novels. Fun? Maybe. The...
I always wanted one of those Heliopolis dekastyle from perspective coins but they are very popular and expensive so I make do with the less...
I would expect you to have better trays. This has five pieces (since removed) in the centration pit. [ATTACH]
I have quite a number of off brand red flocked trays that look a lot like Abfil to the untrained eye but they are not. As a result, many of my...
You do realize that Domna issued a lot of types other than the common Venus but no one starts a thread on them. I do have more Venus coins...
I suppose being a bit off center turns censoring into what some older people my remember as a smallpox scar??? Caracalla, Pautalia [ATTACH] This...
I still have two coins in the quarantine ward although they have been BD free for 5 - 10 years now. The one that fits best here is this...
My opinion is that once a people experience the concept of money for commerce it is hard to go back to barter. When they were cut off from a...
If I had a nickel for every time I agreed with TIF on questions asked here, I would have enough money to have my coins placed in little plastic...
I would be interested in knowing how many times this thread has surfaced on Coin Talk. There are hundreds of dies for these in three metals....
There is only one fact about ancient coins: Everything is 'opinion'. When you go to sell a coin to someone else, you will need to find someone...
That is the point. Sure we might be protected from fakes by a return policy but it is a lot harder to be protected from stupidity, either ours or...
I'd call those a step above 'decent'. There is a lot of variation in the styles from the Pisidian coins of this period. I particularly like your...
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