The Viminacium bronzes from this period are an interesting group. Mine is year 12 [ATTACH] Hostilian as Caesar in yer 12 [ATTACH] Gallus is...
Usually Hadrians seem well done. I only have one with ragged edges. [ATTACH] However the Rome mint of Septimius Severus went through a period...
Lets mention that all Amiens coins of the type have the mintmark AMB. Coins of Antioch, second officina read ANB but the difference between the M...
Exactly the same thing. The amazing part to me is how well the people who don't search these lots can tell the ones worth cleaning themselves and...
Luke was a Brown anole but is here shown with skin not completely separated after a shed so I call this 'The Easter Lizard'. [ATTACH] We no...
As long as we realize we are only talking about Laodicea, I believe this is correct. Rome has them all and IMP II is the hardest to get. The...
That is an appealing coin for those of us not ready for a Roman Aemelian. Another 'budget' option is this Antioch, Pisidia, AE23. They are more...
Alexandrian portraits of Philip start somewhat harsh and become more normal over time. Here are years 1,3,4 and 6. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
What is your shortest unique to ruler legend? I have not researched this fully but is L Λ unique to Commodus? Is there a unique one letter...
Constantius was made Caesar shortly before the coinage reform so there are antoniniani in his name. Below is one from Lugdunum with thunderbolt...
Is that really a drachm? ~4g?
I am by the standards of you rich people "certifiably loony". I choose to have two nice coins that have interest over one coin that has nothing...
The point is that very slightly lesser grade coins would have cost half as much so you can decide whether you subscribe to the current obsession...
My favorite one is the Caligula with RCC (Remissa Ducentisima) which honored his remission of an unpopular 1/200 sales tax. [ATTACH] Details...
My favorite Mars coin is a quite different example from the usual Emesa style of Septimius Severus. [ATTACH]
I would like to know what caused the Antonines to make so many bronze coins both at Rome and Alexandria that the Severans needed to make so few....
That is also my take on the matter. There are really a lot of interesting portrait variations for a ruler on the scene for so short a time. It...
Part of me would like to post something serious here but that would only serve to cement my position as the one who does not get it. There are...
I went through a period when I was getting these from eBay at low prices (for low grade coins) but stopped after a coupe bad experiences with...
[IMG] While the plot may not be up to Dickens level, there are good books on coins, too.
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