Your guess was correct! I heard back from Dr. Dieterle this morning. She confirmed that it was from the January 2008 issue of Money Trend, and she...
Beautiful coin!
That is pretty much how this newbie feels about smoothing too. If it's not overdone, I don't think it's that big a deal. Tooling, on the other...
Hard not to applaud it in some sense...but...those coins! Used - as - jewelry??! :bigtears:
This is fascinating! I had no idea that some Roman coins were still in circulation over a thousand years later. I though the Chinese cash coins...
Nice coin. I don't have an Agrippa denarius, but I do have this: [ATTACH]
I recently bought this "budget" version of an iconic ancient Greek coin. Good detail for the money IMO (~ $60 - 70) [ATTACH]
You may be on to something there. I don't know if I can access such an old article though.
If you are stumped that is not a good sign! :confused: I just finished emailing my question to Dr. Dieterle, so hopefully I will soon know the...
That is a very nice example!
Thanks @DonnaML & @Victor_Clark ! Any idea what the "mt . . ." reference is? Or is it part of the BMCRE/Cohen references? The semicolon seems to...
One of my favorite coins in my collection is this Tiberius denarius: [ATTACH] I bought it from Dr Martina Dieterle on her VCoins store. Her...
For what it's worth, I notice that there is another Cassius Longinus Vesta on VCoins with even more pronounced "wrinkles": [ATTACH]
A Trio of Trajan - Super budget: $ [ATTACH] Medium budget $$ [ATTACH] Non-budget: $$$ [ATTACH]
@paschka That's a nice one, by the way. It's got a good portrait of the hard-bitten old general, with his name clearly legible. I like it! They...
Commemorative As struck under Caligula in honor of his grandfather Marcus Agrippa: Online Coins of the Roman Empire: RIC I (second edition)...
Ancient Chinese? Very cool piece! How old is it?
I know this is a passionate subject, and I'm not saying who's right and who's wrong. But could we at least please move this discussion somewhere else?
I find they have a certain appeal. Maybe it's just the balance and symmetry of the design, or maybe it's just a nice change from the usual...
I purchased this coin recently in a group lot. Although it's in very nice condition (much better-looking than my lousy photos indicate) it's...
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