There is always this Cohen 53 tessera. Here an example from cng, https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=67938 [ATTACH]
I couldn’t read the legend either. With all the ants in circulation, it seems easiest just to plate one of these. I have several plated...
Is the original probus fouree actually a copy or could it not be just a plated ant- something like: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=718679
Still says 238AD
Yes. Cathy King, Roman Quinarii. A book.
Appears to be Probus 5 in King. ‘Common’ relative other quinarii Probi. 12 examples noted.[ATTACH]
The knuckle one is Italian iconography, so perhaps Latin lettering is appropriate.
I got manhandled on 4 of 5 coins I bid on. I made ‘em pay too but from the bidding ‘they’ didn’t seem to notice. Prices were very strong for the...
This really captures the essence here. Revealing the proxy bid entirely changes the psychological dynamic. It’s a different game, and not one...
Maybe not a typo. A point of confusion I have encountered is whether left/right is from the viewer’s perspective or the figure’s perspective....
Looks more like he is rabid rather than wearing a goatee.
Anyone not get 2 Byzantine follises from the March auction that the won?
Numisbids will forward your bids to the vender or link to the listing but they don’t actually serve as an auction platform. Biddr in contrast is...
Had only good experience with them. As with many firms these days, shipping is somewhat erratic. Descriptions are not the most erudite, often...
Agree, some minor smoothing is ok as long as the coin doesn’t look fakey. The key is that no ‘details’ are added and it is not done to deceive.
I have seen several cases of probable abuse of online bids lately. For example, in a Bertolami auction I did an experiment where for a stretch of...
As David implies, some imitative issues were remarkably good style. An entire range of quality is evident in pieces seen on the internet from...
A couple of provenance questions for the group. Ebay only archives listings for 3 months - is there a website that allows you to go further back?...
Anybody recognize where this typed tag is from?[ATTACH]
Ah, thank you. I missed the faint I, so COS VIII not COS VII.
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