Victor - the CT crew, including the person posting, may not be as familiar with the minutiae involved with these LRB's as are you and I. I will...
The single-standard GLORIA EX centenionales were introduced in 335 and were continued through 340 (and beyond, some places - additionally, this...
Your linguistic explanations are all very interesting, but the "T" is not a "T" it is an archaic form of sigma - turn it 90º counter-clockwise -...
I believe the Eisenhower dollar was originally produced under lobbying pressure from casino owners. Many of the places which had dollar slots...
It looks perfectly OK to me as well. It is a very common type, overall, and not one which lends itself well to faking since the symbolism on the...
Conspiracy Theory
Let me remind everyone - for your consideration - the current popular abbreviation for the name of this forum as well as for unlikely things in...
A few dollars, probably $5-$10 (maybe?) - perhaps more - but the "price" of ancient coins bears no resemblance whatsoever to the artificial and...
I'm not sure I would include corrosion as "damage" - this was not something done deliberately as the banker-marks, test cuts, Memoriae Damnatio...
One thing that became perfectly clear - in fact, hit me like a flash from the blue - back in the 90's on the occasion of acquiring my first decent...
What, then, would be in the books of which you are a fan? (dare I ask...) ( ;<{D}
I'd like to put in a plug for a book which I don't believe has been mentioned and can be very useful for the student/collector of LRB's - "Late...
I was originally trying to add a couple of sentences in a separate post and was surprised when my whole text came back to me in an editable form....
I'm not 100% clear on how this forum operates - I'm not sure why I got my old post back to "edit" when I went to make some additions to what I had...
One of the great things about Faustina the Younger is the breadth and depth of the coinage(s) in her honor. First, a significant series by...
Try your best to resist the temptation to put more than one coin in a photo. If the coins are of any decent quality, they deserve to be unique...
There was a specific tactical advantage to that Norman hair style. In battle, it amounted to one less way the enemy could put you in a perilous...
Also, the Agrippa could be ancient and have been struck from rusted dies.
I also wanted to comment on the use of casting pontils as a diagnostic. You must remember that the vast majority of the flans for ancient coins...
Well, I wrote rather extensively on the subject, but the site seems to have eaten my responses. Most of it had to do with a website I will...
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