Nice variety of well struck reverses. I noticed that JWTs Caracalla reverse identifies Moneta, but JAs S. Alexander and Elagabalus coins do not...
This is a common RR denarius -> low price. Probably should have been in a junk box at $10 - $40. On the plus side, the coin has a great story:...
I semi remember from Latin class (almost 5 decades ago) that you had to know the word to pronounce it right. In English, how do you pronounce the...
or - There are 10 types of people. People who understand binary and those who don’t.
I like the lil buggers - [ATTACH]
Great pics!
I just bought this one. I will try to post a better pic of the counter mark when it arrives in a month. Anyone have a guess what is on (in?) the...
Doug, When I saw miooions, my thoughts went to the Minions movie my grandson watches often. I will not post Minions here. You also tell it like it...
I think there is more than one war elephant coin, but this one is famous: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and has a book about it. My favorite elephant coin is...
When I buy an ancient coin, I buy in person at a coin show, or when good pictures are available. I take seller's grades with a grain of salt. Not...
I am a sucker for "rare" coins. This small (14 mm) bronze coin is similar to two coins in HNI, #689 from the period 275 to 250 BC & #694 from 225...
How many countries in your passport stamp collection? The smallest?
Really neat coins! I especially like the bulls with beards. [ATTACH] like this one from CNG's archives In Houston, we have a thing for beards...
And now some slightly larger bronze. A piece of a cast bar (746 g) and an aes rude (375 g) broken from a plate. The As is 258 g & the semis is 137...
Five two dotters, sextans. My hand is about 3.5" X 5", so you see relative size. The second set are an As and Semis. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Nice cast coin! It is one of the earlier types which is extra neat. Mine has a big piece missing where it was broken after casting. The early...
There are two good ones in English: #1 is available on line for $35. It has the major types of cast coins and bars from Rome and Central Italy....
The book is also available as a download: https://archive.org/details/laesgravedelmus00musegoog
I found a new (old, 1839 edition) book on Aes Grave in a book auction for a starting bid of 650 Euro. That was a bit more than I was willing to...
[ATTACH] For valentine's breakfast, sweet potato pancakes, scrambled eggs from the farm of Jay Hill and applesauce. Why are my food pick better...
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