Great story Al. A "Fat Man" minor in a junk box would've gotten my attention! Back in the 1980s-1990s when I collected mostly world crowns, I...
Great coin, Donna. Your assessment of Giacosa's Women of the Caesars made me laugh in agreement. His efforts to assign characteristics to women...
I'll probably jinx myself, but I bought half dozen or so coins from Europe via eBay late last year and in every case, delivery was astonishingly...
Not just an interesting thread, but a beautiful one as well. Here is another one that I though might show the "impermanence" as well as the...
Welcome to Coin Talk, Harry G. When you post photos here, you might want to hit the "full image" button - it pulls your photos up into your post...
Great bunch of coins you have there, Valentinian. That 30 nummi piece is a killer-diller - I am hoping to blunder into that denomination someday....
Here is a Roman Republican denarius with a hole and what looks to be 18th-19th century (A.D.) engraving: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow. That is a cool coin. Leave it to Hadrian to turn it up to 11. His dentist must make a fortune off all those teeth.
How about a Lady Janus? Mrs. Janus? At least that's what the references are saying. Found this in my local dealer's junk bin. [ATTACH]...
That is a very interesting sestertius, zumbly. I didn't know Antoninus Pius issued one of this type. Here is one of Commodus that is very...
About two years ago I was at work with a sestertius on my desk (I keep a collection of duplicates at work to play with). One of the guys I worked...
A few years back I was obsessed with Angola countermarks on the late-18th Century giant coppers. Most of mine are bigger than US silver dollars....
Here's a Septimius Severus limes denarius that broke, as if things weren't bad enough: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Limes Denarius (200-201...
I think this is it, on eBay right now (not my auction!):...
Great looking double-strike. They did seem to be in a hurry when they made these. Not double-struck, but here's Medusa peeping in from the edge,...
That's a nice looking Severus Alexander denarius. As a collector, I find his coins to be either very appealing, or not appealing at all - the...
These issues have scared me since 1987 when World Coin News was publishing news of the "Black Sea Fakes." It seemed like these were coming over...
Great looking coin jamesicus. A real beauty. As for OCRE, I find it very, very helpful. It is also sometimes very frustrating - the more I use...
Beautiful coin, bcuda. Verus is one of my favorite emperors to collect. I have a couple of the OP - not sure which was an "upgrade" so I kept...
What a great coin - I had no idea Trajan issued a denarius of this type. I was only familiar with the Hadrian type. Mine is very worn, but still...
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