A while back, thanks to Coin Talk posts (and especially Roman Collector), it came to my attention that extensive work had been done attributing...
Sometimes I just stare at a coin until I thoroughly confuse myself. So here it is, a budget sestertius of Hadrian, very worn, with a smooth...
I just got this little Greek AE in a lot and I am having trouble even getting started, since I can't figure out what that is on the reverse....
Does anybody have any idea what this is? It came in a small lot of Greek AEs, most from Macedonia. I can't even tell what kind of animal it is....
Just got a new countermark for my slowly expanding collection - related, somehow, to Trajan's Dacian Wars. This is a bit mysterious as the Dacian...
I just got this today in a batch of Byzantine folles. Odd lot. Anyway, I know nothing about these, and have been working on attribution tonight....
There's been some enjoyable recent posts about lower grade coins, so I was inspired to share a couple of scruffy dupondii I just got on the cheap....
Until a couple years ago, I had no idea what an al marco coin was. But thanks to several examples and explanations and theories in Coin Talk...
Another low-grade, poorly-described couple of ancients just came in from eBay (thank you US Postal Service!). Not everybody's cup of tea when it...
Just got this one last week and found it was interesting to attribute. Hadrian has what is for me the biggest Aegis around - looks like those...
My new sestertius of Faustina II is confusing me. I think it is RIC 1620, but I am not entirely sure (again, my lack of RIC is showing). From...
Unattributed lots bring such surprises, or things I know nothing about. Recently I got one that had two miniscule AEs that baffled me - a...
I was a bit grouchy today, for no particular reason, but when I got home from work I found this itty bitty AE from Nicopolis ad Istrum for...
Gosh I do love junk! Just got this in from eBay, an undescribed lot. I need help with the Roman Provincial, but I thought I'd throw in the whole...
I'm beginning to think I'm a masochist. Found this one in a lot - as so often is the case with countermarks, the countermarks look pretty good...
In January I received a PM from CT member tenbobbit, asking if I was interested in a batch of ancients. I told him I'd look them over, warning...
I am working through a large collection of ancients (and having a blast). So far so good, but this one really has me stumped. Sorry about the...
In an undescribed lot of Roman Provincials from eBay, there was one I couldn't figure out. What is throwing me is the SC on the reverse - it does...
My first purchase this year was a batch of five Byzantine folles from eBay, otherwise undescribed. One was weird and worn with an odd reverse -...
This seemed a bit peculiar to me. A very tiny Byzantine Class B anonymous follis. At first I thought I'd found a unique half follis and I was...
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