Just as a hint: The placement and abbreviation of the city name on these varies a lot. On many the ΠΡΟC I is more likely to survive than the...
Veneres. https://www.etymonline.com/word/venus#:~:text=late%20Old%20English%2C%20from%20Latin,to%20desire%2C%20strive%20for.%22 I have two...
Do the math. 192 coins in 3 years is 64 coins per year. In 30 years you will have over 2000 coins and be thought of as one of those 'huge...
No, unfortunately. Do you have any idea what denarii of Philip bring in the market? Neither do I. I don't have an acsearch membership....
Enough with the dots, already. My coin has TWO dots at the end of the reverse legend. (Don't you hate people who up the dot count?) Actually...
As strange as it may seem the same coin in the same condition could be offered on the same day for $10 or $100. At a show, it might be in a $10...
I wanted a Western Galba but wish I had held out for one with better metal/surfaces. While the mint may be less common, more people in the market...
Traditional wisdom suggests that a triple G on AVGGG indicates three Augusti but this coin shows Numerian as NOBC so the mint counted Caesars when...
Even on full sun days, there are places in the shade which have naturally diffused light that are less directional than these. I do 99% of my...
I don't know that either of my coins adds anything to the questions but it does seem that Jupiter is sitting on a stadium stool rather than a...
Some fakes are correct style since they were made from genuine originals. Some use dies cut in modern times but struck in a way that looks...
https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/230/057/ad138da5-b1e6-4889-96d2-80e52cf92a4f.jpg Is this your photo of the ostraka? In the...
This Venus is the later version of the mint formerly known as Emesa or Laodicea but more safely just 'Syrian'. On these the reverse legend was...
This is Rome mint not Alexandria. The cleaning job is not well done. I assume this is a detectorist find cleaned by the finder.
Did your auction listing supply the Boehringer number for this coin? Most of the dies for these are illustrated online in more than one site and...
I agree but, since I have no use for the subset of collectors who worship catalog numbers, this does not bother me. We need to understand coins,...
I find it interesting that the bronzes of this type consistently show the mountain on a table/altar while the silver does not. Septimius Severus...
When a coin of the general type wears a bit, the deer runs away. On mine, there are faint legs no worse than on the 7027 plate coin. You should...
Tough love time: What PeteB and TIF say is 100% right on! I'll go one more. Those who see those two photos should be able to tell just from the...
I have no problems with the idea of live auctions and no problems with book bids. I would, however prefer that auctions would be one or the other...
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