Caracalla
We should mention that the Dattari-Savio plates are not photos but pencil rubbings. Photography of coins in Dattari's time was not as easy as it...
Experts will tell you that they are all unofficial and I will tell you that anyone that uses 'all' in their edicts will probably regret it. Most...
Excellent and different! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These are completely different coins from different periods. On the chariot type, God is welcoming Constantine to Heaven by reaching down from a...
I agree with this entire post but especially like the water over oil. Olive oil is for salads but only in moderation.
I believe it is a Deultum COL FL PAC DEVLT. I do not know whose it is or even have a meaningful guess.
Styles vary but Tacitus does seem to have the neck on many coins. [ATTACH]
Need I mention I don't have one? [IMG] Early Cast Coinage of Olbia Triton XX, Lot: 84. Estimate $20000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not...
I'd just like to point out that there are other later Provincials besides Alexandria for part of the period. Alexandria was all there was at the...
Do I approve of buying coins like those? Yes. Been there. Do I approve of you buying more Alexandrians? Only if they are my duplicates....
I believe I am correct that there are a few coins known to exist in quantity zero. How? There were items published in European collections...
Excellent coin, DR, congratulations. Keep your eyes open, I have seen at least a dozen and all are die duplicates probably from the same find....
My opinion is that die studies have merit but catalogs listing minute variations based on lumping together some die characteristics but not all...
...and they wear cheap makeup to make them look orange or yellow. Who would want to collect such shallow coins?
Has there been any suggestion or evidence that the relative position of the L and number has any meaning (officina, engraver, anything) other than...
It is not at all unusual to find fourrees combining the wrong reverses. This may have been due to what was available and may have been on purpose...
What makes the Alexandria mint tetradrachms of the late period 'special' is their thickness compared to their diameter. I can't say any of the...
My friend has a handy page giving magistrate names on this period. They come in handy on hard to read coins and telling Caracalla from...
Stamps beyond a certain date lack the special ink that triggers auto cancelling equipment so an PO employee would have had to do it manually....
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