http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/glosshead.html In 1998 I posted the above page on the subject of portrait types. If there is anything...
Believing in ruling out the easy answer first, I would check the light aresa with a toothpick to see if they could be wax residue from excessive...
I felt very lucky to find this fourree which was gold over silver. Gold sticks to silver better than to copper and was probably more deceptive in...
After StevePM points us in the right direction it is easier to see a R before IANVS while Aurelian would require an L in that spot. Often ID...
I do not see having hundreds of coins of Probus to be obsessive BUT I might have to say that the both of us have a number of interests that we...
The legend on the coin reads OF KING LYSIMACHOS. Other than being a barbarous imitation, I do not know a reason not to accept it as it reads.
I always felt that too many people of 'importance' failed to pay heed to what I would call the lesson of Probus. Probus was a great leader and...
I suggest everyone take the time to read this article on Vaillant just for entertainment if nothing else. It replaced on my want list that will...
Rather than searching for numbers, try to develop a 'feel' for what sort of differences editors of catalogs like RIC look for when deciding what...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/arts/lorne-thyssen-bornemisza-kallos-tefaf.html I know nothing but the above link includes this piece: Where...
Get it right. He still is.
One of those has been shown on CT before but I do not recall who posted it. I hope they are still with us.
If you swing a sledgehammer all day and you probably don't need a gym membership. That is not my image but I have seen in on more than one site....
Gavin's photo illustrates the fact that brockages almost always show the obverse twice, once incuse, until about 260 AD when reverse brockages...
A brockage occurs when a coin sticks in the upper die and is used to strike the next coin. There is no reason to expect them to align perfectly....
I believe most of the usual suspects have been posted before I got here but I'll add the Commodus as. [ATTACH] Perhaps less popular are some...
Considering the general bad taste of the jokes known as 'Polish', I suppose this could be classed as one of the better ones of the class. People...
I do appreciate the number of people who thought we might like notice of the sale. I suppose it would be possible to look over the posts already...
Please understand that if there is anything we could do to help you resolve photo issues, there are several of us here that would be happy to...
Just how does a sestertius of NCD qualify as aa Nero denarius? Come on, guys!
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