I am going to post my "real" 2022 favorite list closer to Christmas since I am still waiting for two coins to be shipped. In this post, though, I...
As many of you know, my favorite collecting area is medieval bracteates. The coin below is my first 2022 bracteate purchase, and I am quite happy...
Here is my latest acquisition, a late Roman bronze coin minted at Trier under Constantine the Great. It shows the emperor's mother Helena....
I currently don't buy many new coins but couldn't resist picking up these two bargains. The coinage of Postumus is one of my favorite collecting...
Many important things, most of them good or even excellent, happened in my life in 2021. For example, my wife and I bought an apartment in a...
My "normal" favorite list will come later at some point in December, but for the newcomers and bargain hunters among you, this thread might be...
This has been on my desk for a while, but only now I found the time for a write-up. I had wanted a portrait coin of Germanicus for a while, and am...
This recent acquisition is not a very scarce type but, at least in my eyes, quite beautiful: [ATTACH] Caria, Rhodes, AR plinthophoric drachm,...
Here is a Corinth stater that I recently bought in a lot of high quality coins: [ATTACH] Corinthia, Corinth, AR stater, c. 405–345 BC. Obv:...
Here is another Greek silver coin from the lot that I bought recently (more here): [ATTACH] Bruttium, Kroton, AR nomos, ca. 480–430 BC. Obv:...
Most people on this board have a different definition of "old" than the general population. This coin, though, is very old even in ancient coin...
This antoninianus is neither the best preserved nor the most skillfully engraved coin of Postumus in my collection – but it probably is the most...
Here is a recent Severan purchase: [ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 225–235 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG; bust of Julia...
In March, @Curtisimo , also known as the good soul of CoinTalk Ancients, organized another round of his popular forum game "Guess the CoinTalker"...
Here is a recent Roman Republican addition to my collection. As an avid reader of P.G. Wodehouse and great admirer of the Empress of Blandings, I...
Most Roman Imperial coins show an emperor or an empress, but they usually do so on the obverse. Yet some also depict the ruler once more again on...
Here is a recent purchase that, at least in my eyes, deserves a short write-up: [ATTACH] Julia Soaemias, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 218–222 AD,...
Here is my latest purchase – the third ancient coin I bought this year: [ATTACH] Caracalla, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 201–206 AD, Rome mint. Obv:...
As I have mentioned in another thread, the latest Artemide auction broke the spell. After loosing on all my previous 2021 auction bids, I bought...
Did anyone else follow live bidding or even win something in the first part of Artemide e-Live 17, which has just ended? They sold some fine...
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