Seleucid is an anglicization as well. The proper spelling is really with a K. Seleukid, Skythian, and several other should be pronounced with a...
It's probably a good habit. I just got tired of having to say it twice at coin shows.
A silent CH on tetradrachm is standard for English speakers. I'm sure an authentic Greek pronunciation is closer to this:...
This is an extremely important piece, both for my collection and for Roman numismatics as a whole. Society's inability to discuss these types in a...
I personally know the owner and creator of Numisbids. The site doesn't actually sell coins itself, rather, it aggregates numerous other auctions...
1st-3rd century AD. I don't include it because it would be the same for every piece and would just get repetitive. The earliest examples are from...
The Girkod is a great piece and a type that I have not handled before. If I could read Russian I'd probably have more to add. I wonder if there...
The denarius of Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius usually brings a slightly premium, so even in that rough condition it was a fair buy. In my...
I have yet to see someone convincingly argue that tesserae served as tickets. In fact, whenever new lead coinages are published, the authors...
This is the tropics, remember. Are you sure your Minnesota blanched skin can handled the merciless tropical sun?
This is the first of several new additions that I want to share with you, and one that I acquired for much less than I was prepared to pay. The...
Martin and Doug certainly know more about Severan mints than I, but I'd agree with Laodicea. I find Barry Murphy's collection extremely helpful...
Tantus elephantus! (Such an elephant!)
Simple: Heritage is wrong. They're apparently following the scholarship of CNH, which, to my knowledge, is not widely accepted. With regards to...
27 of the tesserae on that site are in my collection.
Someone should grab a screenshot of the coin and save the rest of us from watching it.
Now is ze time on Sprockets vhen ve dance!
This is a type that is missing from my collection. You could say I ... don't have any standards.
This bronze of Ace-Ptolemais totally looks like... [IMG] The foot from Monty Python's Flying Circus[IMG]
This barbarous imitation of Tetricus I totally looks like.... [IMG] An Elder Thing from the H.P. Lovecraft stories [IMG]
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