Of all the emperors there are probably the most 'possibly' unofficial coins of Magnentius. There are coins I 'know' are unofficial and coins I...
I tend to agree. Mine (similar?) was $55 in 1995 and the time machine to go back would be more than the price difference. Of the two, I prefer...
Humped - ex Mabbott (Schulman, June 1969 lot 4126) - When I bought this (Stacks, 1994), fewer people were chasing provenance and I only won it...
You pick your coin and pay the price. I have seen those for twenty+ times what the low end ones cost. Many are poorly struck with flat spots like...
Perhaps I would like a Noah from Apameia by Septimius Severus. I'd rather have one with smooth surfaces and a clear Noah on the box but the holes...
The reverse seems sharper than the obverse. I did not get a new lens today so I'll fall back on the 100mm Macro Yashinon lens I used with my...
This Pietas comes from the restoration of the type under Titus. By that time, I suspect rather few people remembered Livilla or whichever of the...
My favorite 'couple' is Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. My best 'couple' coins are these two denarii from the 'Emesa' mint which share a...
I have never found ex. Doug Smith coins all that desirable. Over the years, I have had piles and piles of them. The Heraclea was ex. Dan Clark,...
I'm not Victor but mine was $2 on eBay in 2006. I'd say it would be worth 5 times that now (it was a bargain then). Is your nicer? Fact: Low...
This Trajan also exists in Hadrian but, since there is no legend, the portrait is the only way to distinguish. Until recently, I had one I...
I really object to listing of coins with centration dots as separate varieties. The dots are what they are, no perhaps. I believe my favorite...
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This seems normal for a Caracalla period PIA FELIX Diana. The type also came from the lifetime of Septimius in silver and bronze. [ATTACH]...
While I am no specialist in these, I see no way the coin is official from the Athens mint. Beyond that I have nothing to offer except what I...
Rarely do we have the opportunity to see scholars at work quite as correctly as in this clip:bag:: [MEDIA] Having brainstorming sessions leading...
This is true for a lot more than just Macedonian Kings. The history of scholarship is filled with revisions of which some have merit and some...
Exactly! I see nothing here that suggests a cast was made from the coin. We see a smear from a toothpick that suggests a bit of waxing/paste...
Perhaps this does not fit the theme here since I only got it a year ago making it one of my most recent additions so I recall how it looks. It is...
That is a nice tetradrachm. My Sidon is year 33. [ATTACH] By far my favorite Ptolemaic coin is my Tyre year 34/33. I have seen one other coin...
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