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  1. Hello, everyone! I have reduced the price on most of the coins. You can find them on my website or through eBay: https://alexidancients.github.io/sale/ https://www.ebay.ca/usr/toshiba63 Last chance before I send the collection over to auction (5th of April). I am open to offers happy to make a deal when you buy several coins. Thanks for looking!
  2. An update on the sale for everyone: many thanks for those who have already taken a look and purchased coins. I have reduced the offerings to the coins that are available. I am now pushing to get all these coins sold, whether it is privately or through Auction houses (I am already in touch). Reason being is my recent home purchase, and I would rather pay the bank less in interest from the get go. Lots of fund raising in the next few months to maximize that down payment. 🙂 With that being said, I would like to give the community a go at the coins before I go the route of sending them for auction. Please have another look at the site https://alexidancients.github.io/sale/ (we can also deal on eBay as well). Feel free to send me a private message here or send an email to the address provided on the 'Terms' page. I am open to offers of any types, and am offering discounts if you purchase a large selection of the collection. Feel free to send over any questions! 🙂
  3. Its only a 9 hour drive for me to the show. Honestly thinking of taking a couple days off work and heading there. I have never been to grand scale show like this and it seems it will be quite the experience. Looking into the feasibility of taking someone and heading there. Seems like a fun road trip!
  4. Anastasius AE Follis Minted: 491 - 507 AD, at the Constantinople Mint Weight: 8.91g, Diameter: 25.0mm, Axis: 6H Obverse: D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Reverse: -, Large M with star either side, cross above Exergue: CON Reference: SBCV 15
  5. Looks fine to me! Justin II AE Follis Minted: 570 - 571 AD, at the Constantinople Mint Weight: 16.3g, Diameter: 30.0mm, Axis: 6H Obverse: DN IVSTINVS P P AUC, Nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform scepter, respectively Reverse: -, Large M; A/N/N/O - Ϛ (R.Y. 6) across field, Christogram above, Γ below Exergue: CON Reference: SBCV 360
  6. Another update on the sale: I have listed all of the coins on eBay in CAD$ with a markup to cover eBay fees. You can find them here: https://www.ebay.ca/usr/toshiba63 If you still wish to purchase directly, please get in touch. https://alexidancients.github.io/sale/
  7. My addiction is quite obvious to many a friend and date. Those who know me have learned never to join me to a museum... we end up spending about the whole day looking at old coins. Not to mention the unsolicited history lessons. This is from the Coptic Museum in Cairo out with my date. A hoard of Heraclius coins. Doesn't need to be mentioned that she wasn't as excited as I was to see the Roman eagle standard captured by Muslim forces after taking the fortress at Babylon.
  8. Not so far from Rome is Ostia. Why they had a mint at Ostia I am baffled.
  9. Quality was so poor at the Sacra Moneta Roma they chopped up square flans! Gallienus BI Antoninianus Minted: 260 - 268 AD, at the Rome Mint Weight: 4.57g, Diameter: 23.65mm, Axis: 6H Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, Head of Gallienus, radiate, right Reverse: IOVI CONS AVG, Goat, walking right Exergue: ς Reference: RIC V Gallienus 207
  10. Hello fellow collectors! A brief update on the sale. After much review, I have revised all the prices on the website and have made them closer to original cost. Please have a look. https://alexidancients.github.io/sale/ I have also added the provenance information. I will also be using a shipping reseller service to minimize shipping costs. I estimate around US$15 for shipping within Canada, and US$30 for shipping to the United States. These rates are to be confirmed. I accept Paypal and would like to try using TransferWise to minimize fees. I am also open to using a middleman for those who prefer that route. Thank you, and I hope you find something you like, Joseph
  11. Thanks for the feedback, all! Regarding price, I am more than happy to discuss for the coins you may be interested in. I am open to sharing what I paid and the provenance and we can definitely strike a good deal. @AussieCollector, shipping to Australia looks like it would be US$45 using Canada Post tracked, which I would agree is steep. I can explore other options and we can discuss over DM if you'd like. @Severus Alexander, I appreciate the kind words. Yes, you have a keen eye. I did leave out a couple dozen of my favorites that I have decided to keep. Among them is the LON follis.
  12. Hello Everyone, Some of you know me as Caesar_Augustus from CoinTalk. I started collecting back in 2015 and have loved this hobby ever since. That being said, I am at a point where I need to sell a large portion of my collection. I have worked with @Severus Alexander in the past and provided consignments to all three AMCC auctions. This time, I have built a website to help showcase my collection in a professional way and give the community members first pick. Please feel free to have a look at my site: https://alexidancients.github.io/sale/ Feel free to contact me via direct message. Information about a particular coin is available (including provenance). All prices are listed in USD, but I also accept CAD at the daily exchange rate. Shipping costs will vary on a case-by-case, but must be tracked and registered. Thanks for looking, Joseph
  13. If you are not comfortable with it, don't buy it. Trust me. It could very well be fine, but just the fact of you being bothered by it will always draw your attention to those perceived defects. Wait, save up, and buy something you are truly comfortable with, and perhaps has a nice providence to boot. That is my philosophy. With that, here is my solidus. The one of the mighty Roman Emperor Anastasius the Prudent. Coming in at 4.4g, with the obvious appearance of wear, I am 100% comfortable with this coin, and I love it to boot.
  14. When I had the epiphany of knowing that the Romans were a lot closer to us, in time, than I previously thought, and that the Byzantines never existed but they were actually from the same Roman state of antiquity, I was astonished. I never refer to the Roman Empire as Byzantine. I always refer to it as the people referred to it. Even the Turks and Arabs refer to the Romans as Romans and not Byzantine or Greeks even into the modern day.
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