Great year, @Alwin! I like the bug-eyed Phokas, which is in an exceptional state of preservation for the type, and the T-Bone and Volusian tets....
Lovely coins! I love the Seleukis I tet, the Sidon dishekel, and the Julius Caesar, but all are true gems. What a year you had!
I love those chunky bronzes, @Bradley Trotter! You had a great year! Of course, being a Faustina fanatic, my favorite is the Faustina I...
Eye-popping additions to your collection, @Fugio1! [IMG] The Sicinius/Coponius denarius is stunner! I, too, can't believe the hammer price. I...
Fantastic, @Marsman! I love them all, from the chunky Alexandrian bronzes to the short-beard Macrinus! Well done! [MEDIA] Who says it has to go...
TGIFF, everyone, and happy new year! [IMG] Docimeum or Docimeium (Greek: Δοκίμια and Δοκίμειον; modern İscehisar) was an ancient Phrygian city...
True, BUT still much more accurate than "gF" or "VF/F".
With hi-res photos of the coin, who cares if its description reads "about VF" as opposed to "VF"?? Each coin is unique and there's far more to...
[IMG] Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33 Roman AE Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD Obv:...
Gotta love that SNAKE COWBOY!!!
It's pinned to the top of the page and locked.
Here's my example of the coin. These things are TINY! [IMG] Severan period, AD 193-235. Semi-autonomous Æ 14. mm, 1.46 g, 6 h. Phrygia, Apameia....
That's a nice one!
You had a great year, @furryfrog02! Lots of nice coins here and it was hard to choose. I like the Constantine VI/Irene because, well, Irene, and...
It doesn't look tooled to me. Here's mine. [ATTACH]
Wow! What an achievement! Congratulations!
I wonder if they notified the bidder who bid €95 before they corrected the listing.
Update: Bertolami added the word "tooled" to the description this morning.
It's fortunate the tooling was obvious. It's the skillful and deceptive tooling that worries me.
If you're familiar with the way Roman matronly apparel is depicted on coins, you'll laugh at the way the folds of the goddess's stola are...
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