I know you are wrong with the first statement... I'm looking at a Lead token and a coin, both Nabatean... Might buy them next week.
Great Coin! Ostia was the Port of Rome... Slowly abandoned over the end of the empire... sad, as it shows the decline of the once great Empire :(
My Grade 4 was spent studying the Carriers of WWII, especially the Essex Class, and Ancient Rome :D IMO, this is NOT a caduceus.. This is a Rod...
~10k, but most of that was buying and selling silver (payed for all of my games, systems, along with most of my current collection)... Prolly...
Your Mood proves my point though ;) :D
Um... I'm reading 'Electrolysis'... Please try to not use these machines... they strip the patina, so most ancient coin collectors will put a...
I wish! Must have not copied the bottom, which had: "Picture and Definition from Wildwinds"
Great Newps (New Purchases) Doug! Now the questions: 1) What made the coin with flat mintmark sell for more than the Siscia specimen with clear...
I look the most like Geta, the Brother of Caracalla... I'm a bit younger than him, but it's as close as I can find [IMG] GETA. As Caesar,...
This [last block] is probably what will happen when I stop collecting... :(
Can you send it to me too? I love any reading, no matter what topic of the Ancient (specifically pre-500... I'm interested in some things after...
Medieval, Islamic. that's all I know
C annos Panem et Circenses... Great Celebratory Issue Steve!
Great Coin Eng! Amazingly, no, he didnt have the shortest reign! A few upsurpers had 2-3 day reigns, a few emperors had shorter reigns!
More often then that! :) Gamma looks like an I, So I said "I?, maybe something similar to I" I think you just got a bit confused by the I...
Funny thing is I'm agreeing with you... It is a Gamma, but Gamma looks like an I with an additional - on the top right bar!
Maybe Ardatirion would know... He collects Tesserae... I've got no idea :(
Which looks like an I ;)
I can read the reverse, and it reads: PROVIDEN - TIAE AVG [Possibly another G] In exergue is SMK [I?, maybe something similar to I]
It is Roman, Camp Gate. I'll leave the rest for the experts ;)
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