It strikes me as a special type well worth having. [ATTACH] My first Trajan has a portrait that reminds me of Nerva. [ATTACH] Other than the...
As an exercise lets imagine someone were to offer you an amount of money for your entire collection AND also require you to promise never to buy,...
Excellent coin and presentation. The rotating view makes the details of the test cuts really pop out in an interesting way. I might prefer the...
True but it is possible that a trade can involve more than one item or some cash to achieve a balance. The idea of the trade is to pry loose from...
Thanks for the update. It is interesting to me that the earliest portraits (before the Hellenistics) seem better to my eye than those that...
I have no problem with trades but only have one recent example. I traded two for two with another CT member. I got one coin in my prime...
After chocolate comes black. This is a drachm for Caracalla from Caesarea. [ATTACH] This Julia Domna is also year 5 (E) but was cleaned...
Nice coin and interesting to pair with the Augustus. I wonder who is your favorite dealer and hope to be able to see several at the...
I agree. I have few but they are above average interest. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I consider it 'collector abuse' to ask us to select one favorite from our children. Still I do not love all my Gallienus coins equally so I might...
The Greek numbers were set before the archaic letters they use were dropped from the alphabet. The other one we see is qoppa for 90. In earlier...
When I bought mine below, the prevailing attitude was that these were low relief, lacking portraits and mainly collectable by people who could not...
I bought this denarius (Postumia 7, Cr322/1) from NFA in 1988 where it was billed as ex Brauer collection. Today as on the day it arrived, it is...
When I collected US in the 1950's there were a lot of steels in circulation and most were dark gray or black. At that time, many were being...
The '9' matter was most useful to numismatic scholarship one time in particular. Sulla 80 posted the coin. When RIC VI was published, people...
One of the least popular pages on my website was on this subject. I copy question six below: Question Group Six - Numbers: [IMG] We all know...
I like it but now you need one as Augustus. My best Caesar: [ATTACH] My only Augustus: [ATTACH] ..unless you count posthumous... [ATTACH]
I thought the highlight of this was 'Grumpy and Frog' (perhaps a Bluegrass duo???) but the ad was enjoyable even if it marked the frog becoming...
Sixteen! Wow. At my level I recognized two: Those holding arms and those doing something more 'active'. While I like the coins, the main appeal...
Before dumping your collection, it might have been a good idea to put out a book 'Ugly coins and How to Collect Them' which would help people know...
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