Yeah for sure. It’s tough to find ancient gold coins of ANY kind that are under $500 so I was glad to pick this one up for $300. That’s including...
Nice ones! You got a Q issue victoriatus just like mine! ^_^ [ATTACH]
That is true. Polybius notes that a normal soldier made 2 obols per day so they were still using Greek monetary standards. He also mentions a...
The silver itself was attained via conquest & mining. Usually the coinage itself got into the economy via the military. For example under...
Nice one! Picked one up for myself last month. :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a really dull Commodus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I love the reverse of these coins. To me it looks like the "trophy" is a spoila opima. The "spoila opima" was highest possible honor. It even...
I just spent an hour looking at every single coin and reading the descriptions. HOLY SMOKES! That's a museum worthy collection! I thought my...
I don’t think anyone is being negative. We are just pointing out that it’s a common Lincoln cent. It would be mean to act as if it’s something...
I want one of those so bad xD. I've always loved the helmet on the obverse and the Pegasus on the reverse.
Oh yeah, hey @AncientJoe do you happen to have a gold or silver Croesid? Those are so beautiful and I love that they were the first coinage ever...
Incredible coins Joe! I particularly like #8 (Aphrodite Drachm) and #5 (Commodus aureus). All of them are amazing though and I think anyone...
Nice one! Yours is a VB issue and mine is a Q issue. I’ve seen them without any letters too. There are some very rare ones with a Q on the shield...
Fun fact! The coin was known as a tropaikon (due to the trophy on the reverse) among Greek speakers.
Beautiful coins! I really like the Olympian stater.
I have one of those in a US Mint Set in MS68 or better. Unfortunately it's a common coin.
Well considering they were most popular in Gaul I like to imagine they belonged to some butter eating barbarian. xD
Actually in the very early days of Rome the elite were ashamed to indulge in luxuries and refrained from them whenever possible because it was...
Hmmm idk about that. Remember these coins are from the time of the Roman Republic when luxury and decadence were frowned upon. It wasn’t until...
I reported it last night at ~8:30pm and I just checked and it's gone.
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