Recently got a denarius of Maximinus I Thrax that looks like it might be overstruck on another coin? Or perhaps I am just staring too hard at a...
Did you ever face an eBay "Buy It Now" situation where you thought you'd better bid fast or someone else would swoop in and get it? I try not to...
I just got this in the mail and am finding it difficult to attribute. It's in poor condition, which is not helping matters either. Diameter is...
Here's something else I know nothing about. An imitation of a Roman Republican denarius (non-serratus in this case) of L Papius 79 BC, Head of...
I am really having trouble attributing this worn as of Vespasian or Titus. The legend does not seem to match anything I can find online. I can...
When I first saw this I thought it was an as of Domitian or something like that. Turns out it is a Caria, Tabae Pseudo-autonomous bronze from the...
Just got an oddball batch of five LRB and medieval hammered silver from eBay for $10.50 that I wanted to run by you. The lot was not very well...
I just got this rather pretty Maximinus II Daia follis (GENIO IMPERATORIS, Alexandria Mint) in a lot of bronze stuff the other day. The photos...
I apologize for the lousy condition of this Faustina II denarius (I'm sure you all have better ones) - it got chopmarked at some point. But ugly...
Just got a new big Ptolemy bronze hockey puck in the mail today. I immediately went to the The PtolemAE Project website for help....
Just got a batch of radiates, three of which were Claudius II Gothicus. After I started digging around to figure them out when I found that one...
I'll admit it - for years I was a snob about the Gallic Kingdom...all those crumby bronze radiates. Given my bottom-feeding habits, there's just...
I don't own this coin, a denarius of Commodus IOVI DEFENS SALVTIS AVG, but I was wondering if there were any opinions one way or another about its...
I recently picked up this bargain Valerian Antoninianus with the emperor seated with globe reverse. Roman Collector posted a similar (and much...
I am conflicted about this coin. It is s Sextus Pompeius Faustulus with Roma/ Wolf, tree, shepherd, birds, Crawford 235/1a. Pro: Style seems...
About 20 years ago I found this in a local coin shop for about $150. Its problems are fairly obvious. Mostly I collect ancients and world...
I thought this would be easy, but I have been having a tough time attributing this grubby little Marcus Aurelius denarius. The reverse type is...
Sometimes I like to troll eBay's jewelry listings for coins. Sometimes you can find some interesting things, if you don't mind mount marks,...
Just got this in the mail today - another Crispus. My second one. It was another eBay gamble, but I think it worked out (for $4.99, $3.00...
I've never especially sought out errors in any of my coin collecting efforts, but this one came by cheap on eBay. A fairly dramatic die clash on...
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