I guess this is one of my better portraits of Faustina Jr., even though the coin's rough surfaces, uneven strike, patina break on the reverse and...
These coins come from disparate sources, but primarily from a gigantic hoard from Turkey, but also from innumerable hoards and individual finds...
A very nice coin and interesting video. The video is an excellent introduction into this coinage for beginning collectors, as well as collectors...
True, especially for the high-end "glamor" coins. Still, the base of the hobby, actually I would argue the foundation, of the hobby has always...
Thank you all for your wonderful posts and coins. I hope to post more coins as I go through the collection, and new coins make their...
You're right! My omission. I will correct the label. Thanks
Annona was a very popular subject for many sestertii and other denominations. Nice assortment.
I once had an Old Man dollar, that turned out to be a fake made in New York in the 1950s. It was good enough to fool the ANACS in 1992, but not...
As part of my effort to "rebuild" the Roman section of the collection, I recently acquired this nice sestertius of Antoninus Pius, featuring...
You're right. The green deposits in particular are often rock hard. The most conservative approach would be to soak the coin for a day or two...
Thank you. It has taken about 30 years to acquire these archaic tetradrachms, though I must say the pace rapidly picked up starting around 2018....
Yes, I'm pretty sure that the bow in the field indicates that this a Salamis Mint coin. My very first Alexander III tetradrachm, which I no...
That is an exceptional archaic owl in every respect. I think that if I only had one archaic tetradrachm, that coin would be the hands down...
Test cut aside, your two archaic tetradrachms are really nice - much better metal quality than is often encountered and the detail for both coins...
Here's one that sold at Triton XXII, Lot: 386, with a $75,000 estimate, for a fair amount of pocket change, $325,000 to be precise (not including...
Nice example! The reverse design was later used at Gaza for an extremely rare imitative tetradrachm that fetches big bucks at auction.
Nice! That's a very elusive coin, a true Group 2 example. I have seen so many other tetradrachms assigned to the wrong Starr group, at auction...
Thank you. And thank you for posting a very nice tetradrachm!
That's true, the embrittlement is a combination of oxidation and the leaching of copper alloy, leaving a dark, brittle crystalline surface that...
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