Doug Smith has an article on identifying these types - google "Doug Smith" and "ancient coins" - once you find them go through the articles which...
Thanks Bing - it has been an effort to monitor all of the auctions, national ebay sites etc. in an effort to find these - and I still missed a...
would love to hear from anyone who has purchased any sestertius of Septimius Severus and family
Within the overall series of Roman Imperial Coins are a number of 'series' - types that were struck within by the mint of Rome that were likely...
I have a book of coin hoards found in two or three counties in the UK, and I believe they consider even one coin to be a hoard. But of course...
It’s such a shame when a museum acquires these. Sooner or later it all gets tossed in the basement.
Beautiful coin - I have speculated that the celators who responsible for the beautiful coins of Caracalla were either still alive during the reign...
Great coins - it is on my list as well - but it is odd how the prices seem to same no matter how many are available
I just got in a huge number of Greek and Roman coins - all types - please check them out - I sell under the screen name MORTOWN - bad name what...
Terrific post - are there any translations of historians wrote a history of these times?
I foolishly started a part two if this thread instead of adding the sestertii to this thread so all will be in one place. As noted above, I...
I agree - it is amazing what Tiber patina gives you - I’ll post a Septimus sestertius that illustrates this - Victory reverse is amazing due to...
When I last left this thread I had 21 different types and needed two to have a complete set of every major sestertii of Elagabalus - in addition...
I think there were several documented finds that consisted of antoniniani - hoards rather. I have a book documenting a hoard of about 2700 coins...
Too nad Maximinus had not lived - if he had Roman history would have been very different - read Herodian - I was shocked that Maximinus wasn't the...
Van Meter points to Gallienus as a terrific emperor to collect and I fully agree - the coins of Gallienus have everything, including interesting...
My rarest is probably an As of Clodius Albinus that is a die match of the one in the British Museum, second rarest is a DI Patrii sestertius of...
I recall being amazed when I first saw this type when I was very new to the hobby - still amazed -
Beautiful coin - I love seeing these with reverses that you do not see anywhere else. While I never get tired of anything having to do with...
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