Thank you for the input, Broucheion. I looked at the drachm too, until it crossed my mind that the others were tetradrachms. :) I’ll keep the...
Funny, I was reading about this very discussion earlier this evening, but related to mints in northern Anatolia: [ATTACH] From Mørkholm: «Early...
Good to see you, Old Man! What a cool book. Let’s celebrate with the coin types pictured :) [ATTACH]
I don’t have much to add, @Valentinian . You summed it up well. I can add that I have spent every spare minute I’ve had since Sunday, researching...
[ATTACH] A rather obvious candidate... But walking across hostile Gaul, constantly outnumbered, only to decide to build galleys and set sails...
Nice! I like the Seleucid! I believe the one to the left of it is from Larissa, Thessaly, not Rhodes (if it is a horse I «see» on rev.)
I never go to Heritage to get an idea of fair price. I find even the prices in the Sear books more relevant. Vcoins is good. CoinArchives too....
A very nice coin indeed! Here is my Quintillus from Milan: [ATTACH] I don’t find the style too off with the aureus, but I see the similarities...
I think I have seen more Pescennius, Didius J and Pertinax coins on auction the last years, than ever before. It has already affected the price on...
Zeno was actually a quite important and capable emperor. I got a solidus of his for just over 400€ last year. Much better than the poor AEs! [ATTACH]
Like Victor said in a previous thread: «I don’t collect camp gates, but they happen.»
Yes. And I think this is an example where Sear falls short, because he lists them both as #16253.
Very nice! I was the high and only bidder on this camp gate on Tuesdays G&M auction: [ATTACH] Not as nice as yours, but still nice. It happens...
Doug, if you had a dollar for every self-depreciating remark you have left on cointalk, you wouldn’t have to worry about coin prices. <3 I used...
Isn’t this 90% of the hobby? Going broke, only to have this little metal disc in your hand, thinking «hmmmmm, what do I have here, actually»? I...
I picked up Sear GCV and Kraay «The Hellenistic Kingdoms», but I’m not any wiser. GCV describes that both the AO and EYMO monograms are used on...
Is this is one of your 7 churches coins? I like it. I have only one coin from Lydia, Philadelphia, the shield type: [ATTACH] Lydia. AE17,...
[ATTACH] I think the death of Caesar is something out of a nightmare. You walk into a large room filled with men wearing the same clothes. They...
I think it may be Tiberius too....
[ATTACH] I’m 100% in support of your priorities.
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