That is a handsome Maximinus II! Every so often I see a coin and think, "Look at that legend!" I ex-pect the engraver was especially proud of...
Whoa! Cool one, @Roman Collector , I've got RPC "digital plate coins" (& Historia Numorum Online & Sylloge Numorum Online, etc.), but never had...
12 Hour Rule on this one: Unfortunately I have no non-Alexandrian RPC post-Decius, but here's a favorite: Philip II looking very mature for an...
I think so. I just happened to be looking up similar types in Historia Numorum Online last night when I saw a similar one (horse right) for sale...
Nice ones @robinjojo -- that top one is really impressive! I guess if we're reopening the floodgates, I'll share my nicely patinated Follis from...
Good one! RPC Online Vol X (Valerian to Diocletian, AD 253–297) isn't out yet so I had to check Sear GIC. Appears that the mints outside...
Wow, that's a beautiful example with a wonderful provenance and publication history. My example is one of the Leukippos Nomos (Nomoi? maybe people...
I think @Ryro missed a letter in @akeady 's "Next" ("Plate" not "plated" -- it's an awesome first Greek coin to get from your dad!) so I'm going...
That's a wonderful array of ex-CTers, @TIF ! I love the flying pig almost as much as I love your cupid gif! If I may excerpt them here, I really...
One reason why I think it's important to document and share provenance of as many coins as possible, even if it's not highly valuable...
I don't personally believe the monogram is the Olbia mintmark ("ΟΛΒ" or similar), but there are other arguments for the "Koson" coinage being...
It's not my main area, but a lot of the British auction houses have at least a minor specialty in them: DNW, Spink, Balwdin's. (CNG also regularly...
Oh, BTW, @DonnaML I forget to address part of your question above which is also an interesting one: I think American auctions may have always...
Nice Poseidon! I'd like to get one of these when I find the right one (I've been seeing a lot of attractive examples lately, I believe a bunch at...
That is a fantastic coin (I love the undertype peeking out of the galley prow!). I wish I hadn't been absent from CT during the @stevex6 era!...
Thanks! Haha, that was actually one incentive to shift my collecting interests in this direction: Now that I spend much more time...
I've showed these coins before, but they fit many themes! Many Roman coins exaggerated their emperors' exploits in war and captive-taking...
What a great pair of coins from BCD Thess. II -- I love that the chain of custody for each can be traced virtually completely to their discovery....
Great Hemidrachm @Edessa -- love the deep tone (thought it was bronze at first!). Here's my Rhegion, Bruttium AR hemilitron (7mm, 0.31g) -- much...
Wow you're right -- even the geography
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