On the hunt for 14 years? I can only imagine how great it feels to finally have captured it.....Huge congrats!!!
That's a super coin...I Love it!!!
For some reason, I haven't posted this 'dude' in quite a while----most of the others would be very low grade examples with crappy photos...and...
Wonderful thread and posts!! I suppose it's mostly due to Hollywood but 'Cilician Pirates' also seemed to be one word instead of two to me:D...
Very nice @Mat !! Of course, the example @Volodya posted is spectacular! At last count, I have at least 50-75 Republicans including a smattering...
Very cool posts...and an interesting OP write-up as well! My sole Provincial from Moesia Inferior has a 'Nemisis' 'reverse. [ATTACH]
MAGNIFICENT!!! Since my absolute individual coin limit, combined monthly coin budgets or not, falls between 1-2K, examples of the type will only...
Me too!!!:) And reverses with galleys, architecture etc etc:p
That's a super cool coin whomever it imitates:)
Sharp details on the newest follis @Sallent...and at a attractive price!! The varieties posted make it easy to see why that era almost certainly...
My guess is that it's probably genuine although any photo and the wear makes it impossible for me to be at all confident. As far as I can tell the...
I'm hoping for the best and that tomorrow brings you a sigh of relief... I'll also post a coin of Asclepius. [ATTACH]
Perhaps @maridvnvm or @dougsmit could clarify that?? The mention of 'cult' makes me believe it is. In any case, Egyptian devices are always high...
:rolleyes: Thanks for the link!! I had completely forgotten and still find it fascinating!!:)
The title should make it obvious that I was particularly drawn to this coin because of the reverse, although my maximum was substantially below...
WOW!!! Utterly stunning gold to fantastic silver and bronze!! My best example of the 12 is this relatively high-grade denarius of Nero. I seemed...
ABSOLUTELY!!! What a fantastic example!!!
I definitely LOVE that 'predator' example! I always find the reasons why any coin was purchased as interesting and compelling as the coin...
A great thread---wonderful coin posts combined with so much information... I can't resist posting this again:sorry::shifty::D---Licinius II:...
Wonderful posts everyone!! The OP write-up was terrific!! Hmm, I seem to have captured two of Saloninus as Caesar.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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