Doug's response demonstrates a very valuable lesson: While it's not always successful, searching the above website prior to a purchase...
These certainly are interesting assertions, but comparing the desirability of Cassius tripod denarii to EID MAR denarii (in order to establish a...
Keep in mind that for some of us collectors, there is a difference between displaying coins vs. storing them. I store mine in Quickslabs, with a...
You also might want to check out this older Cointalk thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-organization-and-attribution-at-work.250251/
I didn't realize that there were published, reliable loss rates for ancient coins shipped by auctioneers via the various shipping methods. Can...
Analyses such as this one are very sensitive to the underlying assumptions. For example, if you increase the loss rate just 1% -- to 2% -- then...
I've never had any respect for people who refuse to acknowledge when they're wrong or make a mistake. The benefit of gaining knowledge and...
I read the article and asked my dealer about this issue, and he confirmed that the ruts around the obverse legend are not tooling. He thinks...
Seems unlikely, but maybe you could illustrate other examples of this type of lettering. Maybe they're all tooled; most bronzes seem to be....
[ATTACH] Even if you accept that the obverse of the above coin is a result of a flat strike, the reverse is so egregiously tooled that it could...
You read my mind! I was about to write a post describing exactly the same difference between MS and FDC. Here's an example of a denarius that I...
Of the 13 gold coins in my current collection, this Nero aureus comes closest to what I would call "mint state" or FDC: [ATTACH] Does this help?
Wow! That's downright scary. The only issue that stands out to me is that the detail in the hair is much greater than the amount of wear that...
Agree -- very insightful observation about this potential usage by auction houses.
This is exactly the response that I expected. It will be interesting to see over the next year or so how this business model works. I have...
Thanks. Is it specifically the COS III that dates this coin, or do the other legends contribute to the dating?
Any chance you could help lower my ignorance level about these coins by explicitly pointing out what makes this coin "dated?" Most Roman coins...
I agree 100% with your observations, and would suggest a change to the business model of this site: A collector must sign up to use the site, but...
Eight years ago when I first started purchasing ancient coins from, and through, my dealer he gave me a copy of these two books. They are...
While I have no doubt this statement accurately applies to U.S. coins, I'm less certain it applies to ancient coins. In my experience, almost all...
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