Ask your friend if they allowed for the amount of 'support' armies in the field received from locals who had no choice but feed the guys with big...
Well, I got that far but have no dog in this fight. Perhaps my lack of respect for the oligarchy hinders my interest. My coins of the type were...
I find it interesting that Quintillus is a favorite. His claim to the throne was that he was the brother of Claudius II. That seemed to be...
There is another matter here that troubles me as much as the seller offering fakes. That is the continued acceptance of such businessmen in the...
If this coin is FDC then we need a term for coins that really are unimprovable. IMO, if you look at a coin and can say, "Oh, I wish it did not...
I have had the opposite problem with most. In 1997 I had the desire to learn to code HTML. At the time, there was very little online relating to...
I understand Vespasian being added but wonder why you delete Nerva. I consider him one of the most important rulers for 'inventing' the concept...
AKT would be year 321. Dating would require us knowing what era was used. To be in the time of Caracalla, the base date would need to be 321...
Perhaps we should mention that Khusro II, in addition to being historically significant issued about half of all the Sasanian coins there are both...
I can accept incompetent business practices and accidents caused by listing coins in several places and not deleting all when sold BUT not when I...
I really believe that 21st century coin collectors need to get over making up rules and expecting people millennia ago to follow or be called...
When I was 'your age' I was making aluminum foil pressings of coins. In some I poured Elmer's glue to make them better able to stand handling....
While my intereste in modern coins is low, this thread brings up one point I find quite interesting. How do you explain the rarity of other dates...
Since all ancient coins have been cleaned it does seem a bit odd that it is still considered a fault if the coin looks like it was cleaned or,...
It looks good now. If you clean it, please don't ruin it.
My most recent REST coin is this Livilla as by Titus. [ATTACH] My favorite REST coin is omitted in your guidelines since it is by Nerva. I sure...
At the top I see SEVAL and the face strikes me as Alexander. I did not follow through but would suggest checking the reverse and see who used...
I prefer worn coins with good surfaces to higher grade coins with pitting. Not everyone feels that way. My example of that coin, unfortunately,...
Thanks to masterswimmer for getting there before I did. I am not spending as much time on CT as I did when I was actively collecting. City...
You may find that many silver Byzantine coins cost as much as the gold. Overall, they made relatively little use of silver. Gold is fine for...
Separate names with a comma.
