Here's a Faustina Junior sestertius, recently arrived as part of a $49 three coin lot. This sestertius has the Juno reverse. This coin has a...
Last night a shipment of three sestertii arrive from France. There are two of Faustina Junior and a third that needs identification. It is a...
The sand or soil patina looks good to me. Natural sand patina is very hard and impervious to acetone. Artificial sand patina applied with some...
Thank you. A coin in this state is best left alone. Any attempt to strip away the heavy toning would be sheer folly. I've seen salvaged coins...
Greetings from smoke choked Cupertino. Here's an owl that is almost the antithesis of all the bright and shiny examples being sold today. This...
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From what I could gather, the coins came from a region on the south shore of the Black Sea, from more than one location. I guess that's the best...
Interesting. What were these weights used for?
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This is an interesting assortment of silver and bronze coins. Are these coins from a particular hoard? If so, is there any additional...
Patina, toning, deposits, etc. are what make ancient coins so appealing, giving each coin it own character. If a coin is over 1,000 years old, or...
Nice coins of the final emission by Carthage prior to its sacking, destruction and enslavement of the surviving population by the Romans. Here's...
It seems to me that, in order to have a perfectly preserved ancient bronze coin, with completely untoned surfaces and a bright bronze color, the...
Thank you all for the compliments on this coin. Yes, it is an appealing example and in good nick. This coin came from a coin shop that is within...
I've always found the MS numerical grading system mystifying. Maybe I'm missing something, but I found the whole MS grading scene a big turn-off...
Thanks. That coin was something of a budget breaker, but the wavy hair line is somewhat atypical and the strike/detail is good for this period....
This type has been posted earlier, but it is the only coin that I have from Lugdunum. [ATTACH] I know that Claudius was born in Lugdunum, but I...
That CNG coin is exceptional. Here's my coin, minted during the Persian Wars, typically crude, on an oblong flan: ATTICA, Athens. AR Tetradrachm...
Yes, the later owls produced through the new style owls are a fascinating field to pursue and study. The practice of folding the flan of an...
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