I enjoyed the historical fiction, The Shadow of God, by Anthony A. Goodman, about the siege of Malta in 1522 by Suleiman the Magnificent. Malta...
@Brian Bucklan , I have one of those too: [ATTACH] I got it from a Kovacs fixed-price list in 1987. Later, Hahn used the photo for a plate coin...
My favorite fictional account of Cicero's life is Robert Harris's trilogy beginning with Imperium. I got it as a stand-alone book and was eager to...
It is a Germanicus, not a Caligula. I think it is authentic.
Mine is much like the OP coin, but with more legend visible on the left and less on the right. [ATTACH] This diobol is 13 mm and 1.23 grams....
Wow! What a wonderful piece! Also, the pedigree is amazingly long and distinguished.
In the 5th century most Roman AE coins are small or very small. The mint of Cherson (in Crimea, a peninsula which projects down into the north...
NAC has a provincial coin with clear perspective: https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=5926&category=197771&lot=4948026
@Shea19 , that's a nice coin. Welcome to CT! Why did Nero put Tiberius on some of his coins?
The towers on the walls might on the actual wall be of equal size and equally spaced. A photograph of them would show the ones on the far side...
@Rossw74 , my beginner's guide: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ has a page on buying and a page on places to buy (dealers), as well as pages...
The OP coin is excellent. My favorite year for Severus Alexander is year 5. Here is one: [ATTACH] Severus Alexander, Roman style Alexandria...
I think it is super easy with TransferWise. You are in their system because you have used it to pay. Give your e-mail address to the person who...
Kevin Butcher in "Coinage in Roman Syria," has another take on what is depicted. He writes, "tertrastyle temple on a hill, with structures at base...
[ATTACH] Diocletian Cyzicus 27 mm. 9.78 grams. KΓ in exergue RIC Cyzicus 12a "c.295-296" Next: Diocletian, not a follis.
This is not how I understand it. I have used TransferWise many times and it does not keep any of my money. It takes it from my linked bank account...
From reading about Zelle I think it for US bank to US bank only. TransferWise already does US dollars to other currencies.
That must be why their site emphasizes paying people you trust. It is a like handing over cash. However, if it is someone you trust, then saving...
Zelle is a method of paying in the US that is electronic and fee-free. I used it for the first time today as an alternative to PayPal. I spent...
I'll bet if most of us had room for a bigger table the surface of a 12' table would still be covered with coin stuff.
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