While these Caligula/Agrippina denarii are scarce, yours is in relatively poor condition, and the chip on the reverse will further detract from...
I wish I could provide more helpful information about your coin, but I lack the expertise to provide a definitive opinion on its authenticity....
Unfortunately, your additional photos only reinforce my belief that this coin is a cast forgery. A well-focused, straight-on photo of the edge...
One of the better features of your coin is the detail in the altar on the reverse: [ATTACH] The obverse portrait is recognizable and well...
Let's be blunt about the movie Caligula -- it was soft-core porno. But that was the 70s...
At first, I also thought the weight was too small, but surprisingly, when I researched this particular type on ACSEARCH, I found that most of them...
This coin is very, very likely to be a fake. While the weight is close to similar examples of this type, the obverse and reverse legends appear...
This topic (would you knowingly buy a tooled coin?) has been discussed in this forum at different times, and I continue to find it interesting to...
This is an otherwise very attractive bronze but the fairly egregious tooling on the obverse portrait renders it uncollectible (in my opinion) for...
Speaking of city walls... Lucca: [ATTACH] Pisa: [ATTACH]
I too have this Claudius as, RIC 113, but my obverse portrait makes Claudius look as if he's had one too many Red Bulls: [ATTACH]
Two iconic buildings of ancient Rome: The Pantheon -- outside and inside: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Colosseum: [ATTACH] And a Hadrian aureus...
Hint: You can read the four letters following IMP CAESAR fairly clearly: TRAI See if you can figure it out from there.
Of course it is. The shows I'm watching this year have a new copyright notice. They rarely get genuine antiquities, but when they do, it's even...
Your question is a fairly common one from newcomers to this site. You'll probably think the answers you get aren't helpful, but in reality they...
Ostia was fantastic; could have spent an entire day there. Here's my own picture of the communal toilets: [ATTACH] And an example of the...
If there are books that illustrate tooling, it would be helpful to know what those books are. The advantage of illustrating tooled coins on this...
Feel free to actually prove this "fact" with real pictures of ancient silver and gold coin examples from 30 - 40 years ago that clearly show the...
And of course, as usual, you cannot prove fact one about your assertion. You don't know my dealer, you don't know his knowledge, you don't know...
For me, what distinguishes this site from any others is the level of support and (in most but not all cases) benefit-of-the-doubt that is given to...
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