The VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, 2-Victories holding shield with Vota inscription above a small altar, was one of the first issues of the...
There are a number of factors you may need to keep in mind when visiting the subject of Imperial portraits. First, the sort of perfect copying we...
The killer is that when I have found pieces like this for sale, they typically have been ridiculously inexpensive as the sellers either had...
This Constantine Follis with a full 180º rotation double-strike on both obverse and reverse makes me suspect it was a slow day at the mint - I'm...
Oops, didn't include the photo or link - [IMG] http://www.stoa.org/albums/The-Flavian-Dynasty/30_Domitian_denarius_2a.sized.jpg
One of my favorite Flavian types
We would have retired the one cent coin in the 80's if rationality had anything to do with it. The "penny" (although we do not have - and have...
I'm no longer of an age when hiring parameters are of any importance to me, but why in the world would you "ding" an applicant who was otherwise...
Did people stop collecting oil lamps when lightbulbs were invented? Did people stop collecting coins when paper money became common? I don't think...
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No, definitely not a ramatanka.
For the record, the coin which began the thread is not silvered as one of the comments upstream in the thread mentioned. Although it is billon and...
A known Johannes for whatever good the comparison might do: http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album83/C_04_Johannes?full=1[IMG]
Your 1st (and possibly also 3rd) coin is most likely a contemporary copy. The 2nd coin could be Johannes, but with no obverse legend and the chin...
How would anyone be able to tell anything from these photos taken from more than a meter away from of heaps of uncleaned coins? - Show us a few...
I will look at your photos later - I must run to an appointment - but you need to bear in mind that contemporary copies regularly circulated...
It has the overall look of a contemporary copy to me. The sculptural content is far more crude than would be expected from even a Provincial mint....
Erratic finds in North America of European or Asian coins far pre-dating normally "accepted" dates like 1492 are surprisingly common when one goes...
100% unadulterated snake oil. If you're of a mind to buy, I'm sure they have plenty to sell you - but you must act right now!
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