I recently got this khosrau I for $45 (CAD.. like 35 USD) and I love it. I never was really interested in sassanian coins before this but now I...
Thats incredible <3
They may not be the most attractive of the greek coinage, but I don't know about ugly! [ATTACH] Mysia. Pergamon. Cistophorus. 166-160 BC.
Thanks, you're probably right. I tried my best to answer your question up there ^
I wish I knew how to put it in words better, but I have a couple dozen denarius now and this one is just a bit too shiny.. or something. maybe its...
A lot... after dealer fee and shipping and import taxes and everything it was like $1000 CAD for these. And there was one other lower value coin.
Ah yes of course! I should have included that, my apologies. I am suspect of them all actually, just the hadrian the most. And augustus the least....
Something looks off with this hadrian denarius to me, it just seems different than all my other denarii. Which kind of makes me suspicious of all...
cool. I like the constantine.
Thats a damn long reign!
guess I better post it.. thats what makes it fun. def one of my fav portraits.[ATTACH]
nice coin! I almost bought one of those once for $100 but it was in quite poor conditition not nearly as nice as yours ended up going for an...
This is my only coin from neapolis. [ATTACH] Hoping I can find a nicer example one day but I can't afford it now :( OOPs I see now we are talking...
That is unwelcome news! I don't know what to do about this! I wouldn't want to strip away the other patinas which are quite nice... if possible.
[ATTACH] Sorry I am ignorant on the subject... Concerned about the green on severus' head. It doesn't seem to be powdery as ive read it should...
All I have is some neolithic arrowheads. I'm pretty hesitant to buy artifacts as I don't know how to identify fakes in the same way I kind of can...
I got my first slabbed coin a week or so ago. Decided to take it out, and found the slab to be made out of a plastic with a weird consistency,...
Totally didn't think they still made the as at that point....
is #4 maybe one of these? ( follis of constantine) [ATTACH]
Those are in pretty rough shape its hard to tell. Somebody else around here will probably be able to help. #3 could be a roman follis of valens....
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