Sad to hear. Many times he and I were the only ancients dealers at the Aurora show.
You are looking at evidence of the Nemean Lion. Here is a mosaic from contemporary news sources at the the time, corroborating this claim. [ATTACH]
It's a modern replica, details soapy and underweight. The obverse is SC 2488 paired with a non existent reverse.
It could resemble an anonymous follis, however that depiction of Christ existed for four centuries or more. [ATTACH] I don't recall seeing your...
I don't believe it's a follis or a coin for that matter. It's also missing the inscription IC XC which occurs on all of these.
He is or at least was a member here. [ATTACH]
Galerius looks great. The Constantine looked fine until the conditioner. That's just me, I don't care for the fake patina on these.
Personally I dislike heavy smoothing and any painted patina. Obviously tooling destroys the coin in my opinion. If the coin changes color with...
The 39% tariff was an error made by a customs agent.
While the holes look better, I'm not a fan of what they did to Concordia's head.
Right in front of my face :facepalm: Gallienus [ATTACH]
I'm looking for a Aureolus, but not that easy...
A modern reproduction.
Interesting piece, never seen one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Antiochus IV Mint: Mallus Denomination D 175 to 164 BC Obvs: Winged Medusa right, fillet...
I would add the spot price of gold has well more than doubled in the last 10 years.
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