The very first fake I ever bought was exactly the weight to .01g of the British Museum specimen of its type. That was the day I learned that it...
Geta with priestly implements [ATTACH] Next: coin showing at least one priestly implement NOT shown on the coins shown here
I see nothing at all odd about that. The Otho is a rather run of the mill mint state coin with legend loss and less than the finest style. Sure...
I have never understood the resistance to the idea that several workers worked on the same die. I am not a mintmaster but, if I were, I would...
Since this thread started with a coin of Thessalonika, I'll add mine with Constantius II and VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX. [ATTACH]
In recent years more attention has been given to identifying the opponents shown on the FTR coinage using their attire and hairstyles. [ATTACH]...
It is a fine resource but far from complete with few photos in some areas of more interest to me. I hope they are working on filling in the...
I guess the coin was overshadowed by the sale having so many great coins. There is no reason that so nice a coin should not sell well....
Fine portrait style! Congratulations.
So is 240,000 if you are from the part of the world that uses the dot and comma differently. CT is an international community with members who...
Most definitely! I fully agree that coins with zero silver look better than those with part silver - especially when that part is defined as...
My finest is still a fourree. [ATTACH]
This coin illustrates another point about our coins. There is a less than well defined line between what we call 'official' branch mint products...
The Hadrian is a one in a million combination of individual points collectors value and a few that most collectors never experience. 99% of all...
There is no H in AET(H)ER. Usually when we see such high grade antoniniani ther is some remaining silvering so I assume these coins were...
Some new to the subject will thing this is a ridiculous request but such coins exist and have been shown here. I don't have one. Cow-abunga....
Nicest is hard to define. There are many varieties of the common temple type. My best condition: [ATTACH] My nicest type you don't see every day...
Did Berk describe the item as intact as found? If not, it was most likely reassembled from pieces with conservation. Was it described as lead...
That is a most interesting technology. It combines focus stacking which has been shown here many times with side by side stitching allowing a...
Some of Septimius' first (year 2) issues from Caesarea used Nike. [ATTACH] Next: a coin dared to year 2
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