In most cases, this is my attitude on the matter. Some c/m's are associated with a ruler such as the Seleucid anchor below. [ATTACH] Some may...
Good question. This coin is different but similar in being struck on a quartered pie shape flan. I bought it in 2016 from a listing stating it...
There already are many ways to pass coins around but they are not all that popular. Coin Talk has a buy/sell section most noted for the warning...
To me, the most interesting part of Byzantine coinage is the great variety offered under the term. The Byzantine era lasted nearly a thousand...
Licinius II Aquileia VOT XX on banner [ATTACH] Next: A coin with a dating device that refers to a different person than the person on the...
My Vespasian of the type (71 AD?) is only 23.7g but much thinner and wider ('boardwalk margins'). I never considered calling it a 'hockey puck'...
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I'm always late to the party. A page or two back, everyone was showing theirs coin of this type. This is mine. Most people seem to prefer the...
This Domitian struck me as a very nice type which I only afforded because of the scratches. I decided to sell it because it does not fit my...
Realizing when to stop is the important thing. Realizing that point has passed and we have gone too far is more common. You are doing what you...
In case there is anyone left here who cares: There are pretty standard abbreviations for the rulers of this period. CII is Constantine II....
My personal favorite is the mule with obverse of Septimius Severus (with very strange obverse legend) and reverse of Otho. I realize I am naive...
It seems that humans tend to think of themselves as the be-all end all of time only to find out that they were only in the Middle passing from one...
First off, yes, as a matter of fact. Many of us here spend more than 5K a year with the complete blessing of our family. Thirty years ago, I...
Wikipedia claims that cricket was first played in the 16th century but, actually, that was when humans adopted the old sport previously reserve...
You may not experience this but many people reach a point where they tire of getting 100 new coins and finding out that most of them are...
Those who are recent to Easterns may not have heard the old fashion distinction between Laodicea 'Old Style' and Laodicea 'New Style' which...
[IMG] Image stack or Photoshop? Mine is image stacked. [ATTACH]
In a coin sense, a bender, then, is when you keep buying the same sort of thing for a short period even if it is not a close fit to what you...
I don't have a Decentius of Amiens but offer this Magnentius of what I would call fine style. [ATTACH] More common are really popular when found...
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