The question of fine style can be an issue because in essence the answer is; "I know it when I see it". The term "fine style" suggests that the...
Now that I think of it I did buy a coin that the vendor had badly misidentified. Ar Quarter Shekel 221-209 BC Obv Head ob beardless Herakles left...
Faustina Maior Ae Sestertius 139 AD Lifetime Obv Bust right wearing hair bound with pearls on to of her head. Rv.Juno standing left holding patera...
Denarius of Antoninus Pius 159 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv. Male figure standings facing on pedestal within tetrastyle shrine with semi circular...
One of the more egregious areas where sellers and auction houses mis identify coins has to be the "Starr Group" and Mass Coinage 454-404 BC series...
There are a number of excessively rare ancient coins that are being questioned as to their authenticity. Just recently I read an article...
I too have to honor all those who have fought and died in the service of their country. Antigonos Monophthalmus Ar Tetradrachm In the name and...
Denarius of L. Thorius Balbus 105 BC Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right wearing goat skin headdress Rv. Bull charging right Crawford 316/1 3.95 grms...
I have a coin of his dad with a similar looking shield Constantine I Silvered Follis 318-319 AD Siscia Obv Bust left helmeted draped and cuirassed...
@acb12345 Your coin appears to be a Philip Philadelphus from the mint of Antioch SC 2463 (2)k I have one that is similar Philip Philadelphus Ar...
I got this one only a few days earlier. Vespasian Ar Denarius Antioch 72-73 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv. Palm tree flanked by Jewess in...
T. Veturius Gracchus f. Sempronius Ar Denarius 137 BC Obv Bust of Mars right draped wearing Corinthian style helmet. Rv Oath taking scene Youth...
Nero Ae Sestertius 65 AD Obv bust right laureate Aegis on far shoulder. Rv Roma seated left on a pile of arms holding Victory in outstretched...
Denarius of Marc Antony Minted at a mint moving with Antony 41 BC Obv Head of Antony right bare, Rv Head of Octavian right bare. Cr 517/2 CRI 243...
This is my example of Price 4. Tetradrachm of Alexander III 332-326 BC Obv, Beardless head of Herakles right in Lions skin headdress. Rv Zeus...
L Cassius Longinus Ar Denarius 63 BC Obv bust of Vesta left veiled In right field serving dish. Rv. Voter togate standing left dropping ballot...
That is a very difficult question. On the whole I would under normal circumstances pick the coin that has the better pedigree,I have done so many...
After about twenty five years of unrequited love I finally managed to get one of these Ephesos Ar Tetradrachm 350-340 BC Obv Bee seen from above....
I have owned this coin for many years and while I have shown many of my coins over the years I cannot be certain that I have brought this coin out...
Ole Well not quite but this coin does have something of a Spanish theme. Vespasian Ar Denarius Tarraco Mint 69-70 AD Obv Head left laureate. Rv....
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