This legionary denarius of Septimius Severus was unwanted in the junk box at a show in New Carrolton MD in 1987. Despite the hole, crack and...
To me, an interesting point of Alexandrian coinage is how varied are the number of types and number of coins seen from ruler to ruler. Leader in...
There are four major types of these Persian sigloi. I have three so my 'bucket list' includes Type 1 which I am missing. Type I is a half length...
My experience with the cataract surgery was that the first day was scary. They tell you when to remove the bandages but it took 24 hours before...
I regret passing on a die duplicate of my sestertius that was higher grade a few years ago. I was under $1k then but would not be now. Silver...
Mine is fourree and has never been satisfactory to me for the simple reason that it has only the faintest trace of the A on the tablet. This is a...
The reverse translates TRP COS IIII. The Greek names for the equivalent offices are Δημαρχ(ική) ẻξουσίασ and ύπατος followed by the delta for 4....
To me, one of the great things to enjoy about coins of emperors who 'lasted' a long time is following the way they changed over the years. Add to...
He had an excuse for being short. He was introduced to the soldiers as a child travelling with his father. I regret we don't have coins of the...
The reason I postponed Alexandria earlier is that the postman was scheduled to bring my fourth Gordian III Alexandria tetradrachm. Why would...
I strongly suspect that most low end gold found over the centuries was melted and became something more current. Many worn gold coins show signs...
Even the Provincials have a way of multiplying if we are not careful. I have too many but probably show the same few each time it comes up here....
It is also possible that the kings were more mythology than fact so anyone could make up anything as fit their desires.
The Latin reads: modo nummos omnis notae, etiam veteres regios ac peregrinos 'Rules' of word order in Latin differ from English. I take this as...
μυρίων, the Greek word here translated 10,000 meant 'innumerable' or 'countless', perhaps just 'a lot'. An expert horseman whose abilities allow...
Sorry, while I see no reason from the photo to believe the coin is fake, a seller who can't separate Decius from Philip does not know enough to be...
I suppose it is inappropriate to point out the parallel that could be drawn to the horse and the best coins sold at auction today. When you have...
My fourree is not as high end as the CNG coin but the eagle stayed on flan. [ATTACH]
While shown before above, my favorite Christian symbolism coin was issued by the pagan Magnentius to curry favor with the orthodox Romans against...
Copyright of photographs of three dimensional things (like ancient coins or mountains) is an interesting thing. Ansel Adams took many fine...
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