Hmmm, the most expensive single coin I've ever purchased would be about $800.00 in today's money and I;m straining to purchase a few examples that...
Spectacular as always IOM !!!! I will never tire of viewing anything from your collection!! Owning anything like it is a WHOLE different story LOL
Interesting opinion---especially when one considers Nerva was mostly known for 'adopting' Trajan and Otho for committing suicide rather than...
I agree with all the comments about deciding on a particular collecting theme---I have been putting together a 12 Caesars set for a number of...
As 'fate' would have it, I noticed this article from an old BAR magazine as I ritually began reading in bed before falling asleep... The photo I...
Cool examples guys!! My sole example is of the more common type and mint---photographed in hand due to the stormy weather and light issues at the...
Loving Provincials and Tets more and more each day!!!
I Love ancients and had an impressive modern collection---and still go after a few that interest me, particularly as a 'Type Collection'...but no...
Thanks Doug, I just bookmarked the site...
Very cool indeed!!
My only Shapur.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Regardless of precisely why, that is a cool piece of history!!
Oh yes, first a home for the coin as Pish says... LOL I love the coin, 'orfew', and I have a barely 'fine' example and one I have left in a slab...
I like the toning and would agree with JA about the grade---but I grade conservatively---Guess it's a residual effect of previously collecting...
I agree ---the 'damage is so minimal and localized it doesn't detract from the coin at all. My only Orodes: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [
Fantastic posts!! Everyone has expressed the very same reasons why I intend to focus a bit more on 'Provincials'....
A cursory glance at that link Bing provided and my first impression was that they looked too good to be true---and especially at the prices...
I'll put a deposit on it 'ro' if you still have any doubts:shifty::rolleyes:;) Congrats!! It's a terrific coin!!!:D
I have to agree with Mat---I see nothing wrong with it EXCEPT the flip info. My example with a far less desirable reverse than yours. [ATTACH]...
Well, I guess I should post my modest offerings from my current collection: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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