If so, I'm wondering what your thoughts are about eBay's new payment policy: bypassing Paypal, holding onto your money for 3 or 4 days and then...
@paschka, I've noticed that you ask about the rarity of every coin you've posted. The answer is always the same: it depends. With ancients, every...
Did you access them through Google books? Can you provide a link? I've tried searching their collection through the BMC website but can't figure...
It looks like the one on the left might have Bronze Disease. If it does, you should get it in some distilled water right away.
Sadly, true. No one would accuse Alexander the Great of being kind or merciful. Antoninus Pius the Mediocre?
This VLPP is one of the most commonly imitated coins of the era.
I believe this is called not biting the hand that fed you.
I used to sell my duplicates individually on eBay. Money was tight back then, and I usually earned enough selling them individually to buy another...
If I were Maximiam, I probably would have picked Mars as my patron as protection from and as a warning to any potential invaders or usurpers....
@Inspector43, I see no reason to suspect that your Probus antoninianus is barbarous. That thin layer of silver is typical for that issue, and the...
Nastiest? Perhaps. But most evil? C'mon. At least Constantine restricted his murderous rampages to his own family. Compare that to what Caligula...
I don't mean to nitpick, but was Hercules a god or a demigod? If he was a demigod, was he claimed by Maximianus or was he assigned to him by...
That is one amazing bust. Now I want one.
Well, it's definitely a genuine something, just not a genuine ancient coin. Could be old, though. Say, 100, 150 years old? Antique, perhaps, but...
Nice collection. I did something similar years ago: had all the Lincoln cents, Mercury dimes, etc., except for a couple of key dates which cost...
It is important, but also easy, to treat a coin with bronze disease. Here is what I wrote in an earlier thread: Buy a gallon of DW [distilled...
Is the coin bronze? I'm a little concerned about the spotty black patina. It makes me wonder if someone was deliberately trying to cover up...
Exactly. Bad coin. Bad, bad coin!
Seleukid?
Beautiful coin. Congratulations. What is the significance of the KΛ–EY on the reverse?
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