They always use fakes in Hollywood. In the film Gladiator Lucilla hands some fake gold coins to Maximus' servant.
You did better than Dr. Pimple Popper in your cleaning (yuck) - admittedly I watched that show once and never will again. For $11 it was a bargain.
Very interesting coins @Pavlos. I read the Journey of Louis VII to the East. (de Profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem) by the cleric Odo of Deuil...
Here's another Severus denarius featuring Neptune...probably commemorating his voyage to Britain. Unfortunately he grew ill and died at York,...
The few stores left in the Bay Area have huge signs saying they buy gold and silver. There is one in Albany (California) where they have to buzz...
So there was kind of a lost year in there (between 0 and 1 AD. ;)
A February auction win. Bidding started at $120 but I won it with a bid of $360. Gallienus (253-268) AE Sestertius 28 mm 14.8 grams, squared...
Volusian (251-253 A.D.) AE Sestertius, 29 mm 16 grams, Rome mint Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right...
Nice coin.
Now the Swiss post page shows that the item arrived in the U.S. on 3/26...
I like the 2nd one as well. Attractive coin.
Same here. I just self pay dental stuff, though if one thinks about it, why it is not considered a part of the body is beyond me.
An example from an Eastern bastion of the Empire: Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III, AE 26 of Singara, 10.7 grams, 12h MESOPOTAMIA, Singara...
Nice coin and a good price. I bought one of the type for $12 back in the 1980's, so you got even a better deal.
I don't slab my coins and when I do buy them slabbed I free them up. I prefer the paper envelopes as they don't crack the way flips do and risk...
Still haven't received the shipment from Leu.
I recently won a histamenon nomisma at auction, been in transit from Switzerland since March 12...I'm starting to buy more gold these days. Also,...
According to the Notitia Dignitatum, the salary for the Magister Peditum and Magister Equitem was around 700 solidi per year. (Master of Soldiers,...
It looks off to me.
Very interesting coins and write-up. Thank You.
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