I would not wear a genuine artifact to a class on archaeology taught by someone who opposes private ownership of antiquities. It is a common...
This is exactly the point. Entertainment for $3 an hour seems like a good deal but being paid $3 for drudgery seems like abuse. If it is fun, do...
The only ancients worth selling to a dealer that is not a specialist in ancients are those that are worthless. People who are looking for the...
I have a few quadrantes but none with Domitian legends. The anonymous series lacing legends other than SC interest me most but I am uncertain of...
That is an obvious fourree with core exposure but very desirable. I believe I recall seeing others of the type. Mine (2.9g) is the other...
From my 2011 coin show web page: [IMG]As enjoyable as was seeing my dealer friend's coins, the trip had a sad side, too. Another rider, I'll call...
I am saying nothing but that those who claim to know tend to make assumptions based on scanty evidence and proving a hundred plated issues to be...
Agree but I'd still call four of them 'tails'. :angelic:
A story many here have heard but you might enjoy: The late Don Zauche was my favorite show dealer. He always had many cheap coins. At one...
If you are interested in fourrees as a subject, you might enjoy my series of pages on them BUT I warn not to pay much for fourrees since may...
I showed my Imperial lefties in the September thread. I only have 1 left facing provincial unless you count the left facing SS portrait on my...
There are many of these in mint state. The hoard was not small. Some have better strikes than yours (compare the tops of the things flanking to...
While this is true, many more Provincials use the genitive plural of the city name making the reverse 'of the people of the city' rather than just...
The open doors also come for Constantius II. [ATTACH]
Old 8: [ATTACH] I attribute my loss of interest in the fact that many 'Next' requests have been reused a hundred times by now and follow the...
One thing might be that there are more worn coins of Vespasian and more high grade coins of Domitian. In equal grade, I agree with the Herodotus...
This is one of several 'odd' coins from the Syrian mints or operations that captured enough of their style that I could accept them as official....
Modern people have trouble with the concept that Roman names were not ordered as our are today. Julius/Julia was a family name and not a first name.
A less common arrangement of two on one coin is from 'Laodicea' under Septimius Severus. [ATTACH] From 'Emesa' comes the standard crossed pair...
You just answered your own question. Even if a historian is hired to input suggestions, the bottom line is the bottom line. Some egomaniac...
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