Early Christian writers maintain that Philip was the first Christian emperor & Otacilia the 1st Christian Empress.
Sweet, got yourself a Gordian III. One of the most affordable emperors you can acquire in silver.
Ill do something different. My favorite emperor to read about & I feel is under appreciated is Gallienus. He is the guy in my avatar under my...
2 new empresses. One I needed & one I didnt but thought long and hard about for over 2 months or so and and bit on it.
Indeed. I went on a spending spree today. :o
Im surprised they dont do more roman movies, especially more factual ones.
One of the tougher emperors to acquire in my budget but patience paid off.:hail: [IMG] Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 A.D.) AR Denarius O: M...
One of the tougher emperors to acquire in the price range I wanted to pay & have the older bust. Thankfully one did and it was perfect. :hail:...
Saw this & was pretty impressed. Lots of culls it looks like. 1129lbs....
I thought one of the best reasons to be into ancients was to be able to touch them? ;)
One area of ancients I know very little about, greek silver. To me it looks OK.
Very cool, you had gotten a good deal on this one ;)
Looks EF-45/ AU-50 Nice coin, a type I need.
Oh my, this is a shock. I always made it a point to read his threads and reply when I learned something new. He was one of the first to make me...
Thats similar to the one I have been eyeballing. Little bit better looking but not by much.
Exactly, there is alot to choose from so thats made me slow to get them. There is a Theo I I have been eyeing for awhile, good details & 8g but...
Already commented about them on Forvm. Love the arcadius. Very nice. The numerian is also cool. Both have been high on my want list, same with...
I dont have access to that magazine either but from whats mentioned in the thread, I do think a coin that was hammered & not fully struck, then...
Having the $ to buy some generic gold coins at decent prices in late 2008 and instead spending the money on mid to high grade U.S. silver & copper...
Read this from another forums link to it. Interesting stuff.
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