Here's an old timer that I've owned since the early 1980s. It is also a rare variety with the floret above the MF on the reverse, instead of the...
Sorry for the late response..... That coin weighs 27.0 grams.
Wonderful examples posted! I'm pretty short when it comes to Roman coins, but here's what I have for Marcia Otacilia Severa. Marcia Otacilia...
Very nice and exceptional with a legible month. Congrats!
Here's a contribution for 1738. This coin exhibits typical characteristics for the gold coinage of Lima during the 1730's and later: narrow...
For 1740, here's an interesting Guatemalan "cob" 8 reales. Unlike other mints of the time Guatemala used dies that had the same style design for...
Thanks! This coin was minted near the beginning of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740-1748. It was a tough start of her...
Nice coin! I think there is a definite triumphal theme to the coin; the Romans and others used coinage to convey messages or themes that suited...
Here's one more coin for 1741, arrived yesterday. Hungary and Bohemia, Maria Theresa, thaler, 1741 KB (Kremnica). KM 328 28.81 grams [ATTACH]
Russia, Ivan III, ruble, 1741 CNB, St. Petersburg. KM-207.2; Dav-1676. [ATTACH] Russia, Elizabeth Petrovna Romanova, ruble,1741, St....
Here're more bulls.... Lucania, Thurium, tetradrachm (double nomos), 443-400 BC. 15.47 grams [ATTACH] Julian II, "The Apostate", double...
That's a very interesting example. I do see on the reverse what I think is the ending of the obverse legend of the overstruck coin: PPAV, and the...
Yes, some of the debased silver later Roman coins can acquire very colorful patinas due to their very high copper content. Cornelia Salonina, BI...
Oxidation happens to all metals, with the exception of gold. Yes, there are chemicals that remove oxidation, but the fact is that copper, the...
I see what you're referring to regarding the coin's reverse. It is not unusual, based on my experience, for one side of a coin to have color...
I can't really tell based on the posted photo. I coped the photo into Photo Shop to get a larger image of it and I still don't see any signs of...
Here's the chopmarked, test cut, clipped special. Mexico, Philip V, 8 reales, 1744 MF. KM 103 26.4 grams [ATTACH] And a Lima 8 reales cob,...
That's a very attractive sestertius, with a nice strike and central detail. If there is smoothing, it is very subtle. I don't see any overt...
Here's an update: This is an issue of Dimashq (Damascus), c. 670s-690. The symbol under the M is a star that is partly obscured by a die chip....
I purchased this small late 7th century AD imitation of the standing follis of Constans II a couple of months ago, and just got around to...
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