The tetradrachm has not closed yet. Some one will buy it figuring that a 1% chance of getting a $500 coin for $5 makes sense and they will sell...
This seller has two kinds of ancients. The very rough coins shown with out of focus photos may be genuine but are worthless. The ones with...
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A problem I have is remembering what I showed the last time we did Gallienus here. There are a huge number of Gallienus types and a huge...
Many of these mints will make more sense if you compare the dates of issue to what was going on in the Byzantine world. The areas actually under...
I have avoided these due to my total lack of understanding how to tell one Henry or Edward from another. I never got to the point that I was...
I believe the article was correct when they speculated that the group might have been brought back by a tourist of the Grand Tour period and did...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are two of the more common right facers (the second one fourree). The numeral VIIII has a line over it as appropriate...
Commodus really is one of those guys hat you can't collect just one. He was around for years and grew up on coins not to mention going a bi off...
There is a difference between raising the price and raising the value. The only slabber whose opinion is worth anything is NGC and I am not...
We can never all agree on the matter of slabbing, handling or selecting coins. Some of us like coins in perfect condition protected from fingers...
I see the Constantine II as a great deal but I went to the site and saw things had not changed all that much from when I participated years ago....
Not to worry: After all the dramas on TV and movies we still have hundreds of good stories from ancient times. I'll never understand why they...
I might suggest altering the description to say XX-I across field since these letters were one unit only used for a short time at some mints...
Here is where we differ a bit. Valentinian's coin is close to perfect but it is Constantinople and your is Rome. Over the years, I have...
While I have no problem with Van Meter, lets point out that John Jeneck's wonderful resource is free to use and will ID rulers as long as the...
What Sear says is that the coins of Tiberius S448 and Maurice S532 which are listed as having blundered Tiberius legends can be separated by the...
[ATTACH] This reminds me how I like the Alexandria style over quite a range of years. Yours is exceptionally nice with the bust offset so there...
We have to wonder how he came to own those coins and whether he has more. I assume you asked that last one.
[ATTACH] MM is straight but FV has some wave: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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