Caligula, AE as, Colonia Caesaraugusta / plow scene - SCIPIONE ET MONTANO II VIR - C.CA [ATTACH] While I like my coin, my related want list item...
Septimius Severus AE28 Marcianopolis / Dionysus by Faustinianus [ATTACH] SS and Julia Domna, Marcianopolis Apollo AE27 by Ulpianus [ATTACH]...
Florian (my only): [ATTACH] Probus (I think my favorite of about 50): [ATTACH] Both Serdica?
Who was the first Roman Emperor for whom the word BASILEVS was used in any form of Greek inscription? We usually use emperor to mean Augustus...
I am losing interest in this hobby fast. The problem is that so many people seem to relish the opportunity of trying outwit the big auction...
I, too, am a fan of the Nobilitas type. [ATTACH]
Before Tiberius, Augustus issued the same type. On the death of Augustus, some of these coins were updated with a countermark TIBerius Caesar...
Read down to 'standard' and 'economy'. It is also possible your Trajan was a 'bulk'. While there, you can find details on other extra cost...
The following all seem like excellent reason to buy slabbed coins. My safe is not quite large enough to store my collection but I have been at...
Agree. Every dealer has his personal minimum price that makes it worth handling a coin sale. Some of them have it over $1000 but many are $100....
Are you saying that there exist today as many of these fractions as the larger coins? That would mean that the standard references and later...
Were the Scyphate coins struck in the same fineness of gold as the solidi. Somewhere I got the idea that they were alloyed more so a conversion...
A 'reputable' dealer would refund it even after 12 years. Also, I have trouble thinking of a reputable dealer in ancients who would not spot that...
Did everyone read the links provided? BnF has an opinion. Note(s) : Faux moderne
I prefer the DIVO CLAVDIO GOTHICO version. I deeply regret the flan flaw on the H. The seller did not see it as special so I did not have to pay...
I paid way too much for this, my only Hadrian quinarius (1.4g), in 1991. If I were to offer it for sale today, it would get no bids. I do wonder...
When R5 means one or two, we can not assume that R2 means there are buckets of them. It is also a factor when there are a hundred of something...
I am in no position to have a worthy opinion on the coin in question but I most certainly do have an opinion on how a cast might survive but not...
This ruler used two obverse legends. This is the other one that shortened AVTK to AK and expanded his nomen by two letters to compensate. [ATTACH]
I really like the incuse series and have shown all of mine here more than once. For this thread, I'll only point out that the large nomos was...
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