I started working on a new page on photos to replace the half dozen I already have online. Below is a photo of a simplified but sturdy camera...
Coins of Constans II (SB 1109) are usually overstruck on earlier coins and a bit of a mess from undertype showing. This was overstruck (there are...
High grade coins are better than lower grade coins --- right? Certainly but late Roman coins sometimes throw a curve at me when I weaken and buy...
My show Saturday provided me with two new Septimius denarii and one Domna. Ladies first: Julia Domna Emesa Venus from rear. I pick these up...
I have way too many Republican denarii and way too few bronzes from a proportional standpoint so I have been looking for low grade but attractive...
Not wishing to corrupt neutrality by suggesting anything, could I get anyone to offer an opinion on the subject of this countermark? The host...
The Post Office blessed me today with my newest coin - 8 days from Europe including a Holiday here that prevented delivery yesterday. As is too...
Elsewhere here we have a thread on two letters from 1940's coin dealers. That drove me to do the images and transcriptions below. John Yonge...
I always wanted one of these and listening to the news every night makes it hard to avoid famous people being infamous which reminded me I always...
A PM with a friend reminded me I intended to reshoot this Aegina obol and never had done it. The coin is nearly as thick as it is across so I...
The last coin show I attended had particularly bad lighting. Some sellers had little lights on their tables but moving them to control glare...
My question is whether I should put this coin in my collection or in my 'trade stock'. The mailman just brought it today but I did not buy it. I...
Still working on the proceeds from the show last Friday: This Quintillus has more retained silvering than most but a dig ruining the top of the...
I had been wanting one of hese mostly because it has the obverse head of the god Vulcan with tongs as appropriate for a blacksmith. I'm sure...
The Greek coin that followed me home from the show is this silver diobol (reduced standard 1.04g, 10mm) from Teos in Ionia, 320-294 BC. Your...
Today's mail brought my birthday present from one of our fellow CTers. I helped with the PayPal part but I really appreciating him pointing out...
My show today produced the usual group of coins that I like and some of you may but tonight I will only show the extremes. First is the most...
Last month I posted a Licinius I coin that was issued along with his rare coins for Valens (the RIC VII one not the RIC IX common guy). Being...
My last two coins from the recent group were individual lots rather than part of the bulk lot but both still have faults that kept them from...
Today I drove my wife to an eye appointment in a part of town new to me and killed some time in a brick and mortar coin shop which had very few...
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