Don't be in a rush to buy a poor Geta or Elagablaus. There is a lot of variations in their coins beyond the different mints. Especially with...
I don't specialize in Gordian and have not studied any recent material on the subject but this coin sure looks like Rome for the first issue...
These size differences assume something that modern coinage has forgotten. Coins are not supposed to be proportional by size but by value of...
Julia Maesa was Domna's sister and Mamaea's mother. I have always wondered why Hollywood has not picked up her life story for a major motion...
Following the capture of his father Valerian by the Persians, Gallienus was unable to cope with the wars on two fronts and Postumus established a...
While we are at it, lets point out that Roman coins after the middle of the 3rd century were produced from several mints and each mint had its own...
Top middle: my guess is Gallienus; to its immediate right is a Constantinople commemorative by Constantine the Great; lower left: Licinius II but...
Since there seems to be a problem with the images for this thread, I'm posting a token of the general type in case there is someone unfamiliar...
I consider the reverse with Mars by far the better side of this coin. This one is fully struck with excellent detail on the figure. I will have to...
I find it regrettable that some of use give answers that show now clue as to the nature of ancient coins (Does NCS even touch ancient coins?)...
Dirty Dozen will help with the first two but you need a better site for the third (and you need to show the reverse if you want help. For coins...
Yes. Other than the ones that have legend and sell for more, these price out according to how many dolphin features are shown. Nose, dorsal fin...
This coin has the M in the reverse field marking it as one of the last Falling Horseman series. On average, they are about as small and scrappy...
I was watching that one but for some reason did not bid. It was worth more than you paid (about three times more?).
Put some effort into the third from the last and see if you can identify it, I doubt even it will be worth what you paid for the lot but it is an...
There is also a difference in opinion on what constitutes a proper use of the word 'Patina'. Hard Green is patina in everyone's book but we also...
In 54 BC, several years before Brutus became famous for his part in killing Caesar he issued coins honoring two of his more famous relatives while...
Griffen Sphinx Pegasus Chimaera Reality is over-rated. The horse and dove are thrown in for no extra change but don't fit the theme.
Santa is checking his list and you will be able to keep warm with a stocking full of coal for what you did to that reindeer.
Of the group that is my favorite and the Easter egg rear is the reason. Philosophy: Don't collect to fill holes but collect what becomes...
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