If you feel so inclined to take the time, I'd love to read more about your analysis of this coin when you examined it in hand, the criteria you...
Does anyone here want to rethink their decision to use their real name while posting on this site?
As portrayed in the TV series I, Claudius, Tiberius is a somewhat more sympathetic character than some histories portray him. Forced to divorce a...
I have one of these, and in almost every case the denarius shows evidence of (1) a weak strike, especially in the obverse wreath area of the...
In your zeal to be argumentative and disagreeable (in the literal sense, i.e., disagreeing with everything anybody writes), you entirely miss my...
Prove it. Take two different pictures of the same coin, changing just the lighting etc., and illustrate how the sharpness can be enhanced to the...
Tooling through the area of that cut, in order to restore the original strike, would have been way, way too obvious to escape even the most...
This is probably the key insight into why grading ancients has decreasing relevance nowadays. I'm glad I didn't start collecting before digital...
Undoubtedly the slabbed coin has been "worked" before it was placed in the slab. Compare these before and after details in the wing: [ATTACH]...
Is nobody out there concerned that using your actual name could provide enough information to track you down and potentially make you a target for...
The way that I determine the mint is to use RIC as my reference. It lists this coin as "Uncertain Mint (Ephesus?)" It is a very nice upgrade,...
I remember your thread. The Skylla and griffin on the obverse portrait make this coin an incredible work of ancient mythology and art, a coin...
Having just returned from 17 days in Italy, I would say that Ostia was one of my favorite ancient sites. One of the charms was its take-out...
I tend to agree with Pishpash on this observation. Also, the fine lines in the cape on the reverse seem a little too sharp when compared with the...
Recently I was fortunate enough to acquire one of my wish-list coins at NAC's auction, which I'll be showing as soon as I receive it. AncientJoe...
You're probably one of those dealers who is both knowledgeable and thoughtful about the coins he sells, and sets his prices reasonably -- relative...
Just like the huge diversity of ancient coins, there is also a huge diversity of ancient collectors. Doug is correct in his observation that I'm...
Some random thoughts about collecting ancients: 1. The breadth and diversity of ancients can be bewildering and overwhelming. Don't let this bog...
Wow. An excellent summary of the Western Roman Empire's demise, brought about by egregiously incompetent leadership. Well done!
Thanks for the good wishes. While I understand and even appreciate NGC's grading system -- it's clearly a competent effort to create an objective...
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