Nice group! I like 3, 4, and 5 best. They each have a great connection to history. It is easy to explain why they are interesting.
It sure has! What a wonderful coin!
Well, I guess reasonable people can disagree. My wife and I both see a man with his torso seen almost from the front and slightly to the right....
It's Saturday and the sun is going down now. The low-angled light was hitting coins on my desk and they were so pretty I thought you might like to...
I'll add my voice to the chorus. Every coin is wonderful. When #10 (Taras) is a virtually mint state coin of an extremely charming type, you know...
When using Mac's "Preview" it sometimes defaults to save in png, when jpg is much more efficient. At the "save as" step change the file type to...
Well, Terence, they are all outstanding and worthy of the finest collection. I looked through them five times to try to choose a favorite or...
That's an excellent group. #4 from Ephesus is my favorite. It has both a fabulous portrait and an elegant reverse. (The rarity doesn't hurt,...
I am offering on my site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html an NGC graded XF slabbed Tiberius denarius, the so-called "Tribute Penny." [ATTACH]...
If the reverse legend on a coin of Carus does not end AVG, AVGG, or AVGG, as that one does not, there are no simple chronological indicators on...
I have a copy of the "Sammlung Apostolo Zeno, [part] I, Römische Kaisermünzen" catalog of Dorotheum Wien, 6-10 June 1955 and here is the listing...
Carus, 282-284, had two sons, Carinus and Numerian, who became emperors. In September I announced an educational webpage on their coins and how...
I wished I could vote for at least three. It is an interesting group with several nice Spanish coins that are not in my collecting areas. I have...
It looks like Severus Alexander (222-235) who used the legend IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG on some coins. It is not a Maximinus Thrax and...
@Jochen1 , that is a wonderful writeup. Since Elagabalus used the name "Antoninus Pius" on his coins, it is desirable to have one with...
So, 31 BC is year 1, 30 is year 2, 29 is year 3, etc. In each case the total is 32. So, year 29 is 3 BC.
I am sorry to hear of your medical situation. A lot depends upon the quality of the coins. Coins that list retail over $200 each (say, using...
I added five coins of Persis to the "Greek" page my site: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html I recently posted an educational page about coins...
Scott vanHorn who works at CNG.
I am announcing a minor educational web site on the coins of Persis: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persis/ Numerous coins are illustrated there....
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