But maybe a surgery-free alternative to a vasectomy?
There's a very entertaining article in the April 2004 issue of The Celator magazine about one collector's quest for the 12 Caesars, titled "Twelve...
"By definition, a fourrée is made from a base metal core covered with silver foil and struck to look as if it were solid silver." Generally,...
It was my understanding from Vagi's book that horn silvering was the migration of silver from one coin to another, through chemical processes...
Also, occasionally e-auctions such as CNG's will have Caligula denarii, although usually not of the same quality and condition as published...
Which explains why there are nine listed in the upcoming auctions on sixbid.com, and none apparently available from VCoins dealers.
Quoting from Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) Volume I, revised: "The volume of Gaius' [Caligula] coinage was perhaps not abundant. Only dubious...
Callipygian? [ATTACH]
That's a very cool and imaginative mythological explanation for earthquakes!
The feature that I find interesting about this coin is how well preserved the obverse portrait is, despite the evident wear of the high points of...
Can you expand on your thinking about why diameter is important? At least for Roman aurei and denarii, I don't find diameters very meaningful --...
I have a very, very high level of skepticism regarding the authenticity of this coin. Compare the three images below -- the OP coin, and two from...
This one was too tough. I myself probably wouldn't have gotten all of them, and they're my coins! TIF got close in her private guess, though....
Since TIF made such short work of the first set of images, we'll move on to a second set using 12 Caesars' denarii, but this time only eyes and...
You really are the brightest witch of your age. Yes, you got them all. Next time, eyes and nose only!
Without giving away any answers, I'll say that your guesses are not 100% correct.
Inspired by the "Guess the Ruler" thread, I thought it might be interesting to see how hard or easy it would be to recognize each of the 12...
Interesting idea for a thread. This certainly seems to be true -- coins from the end of his life appear very similar to coins from the prime of...
I was able to snag a copy of the NAC catalog for October's The Gasvoda Collection Part II yesterday at the ANA in Anaheim, and there are some...
I agree. My dealer always tells me that silver coins are very, very rarely tooled. Plus, most Marc Antony portraits I've seen seem a little...
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