If cheap is the important feature look for coins that admit to have being removed from jewelry. This worn Theodosius II solidus shows four prong...
The coin is hardly deceptive and was not made to fool people. Anyone who is in the market for an EID MAR and can't tell this is not good has...
Vandals, Gaiseric 428-477 AD with types of Honorius [ATTACH] Next: 6th Century BC or AD Silver Coin
I somehow believe that someone 'inventing' a technique that would replicate the required level of accuracy would be able to find enough money in...
Crowded at the reverse bottom is PO (first two letters in Rhodes in Greek). At the top is a magistrate name APIsigmaTAKOY. It is a good first...
New emperors often used name elements from their predecessor. Hadrian was one taking not only TRAJANo but OPTimo. The reverse mentions Trajan...
Gryphon or Sphinx?
I had forgotten to check results today. Thanks for the reminder. I won two lesser lots but missed the prime interest ones. Those who look at the...
Rarely am I in such an agreeable mood but I, too, prefer gryphon. In general I prefer using the Anglicized Greek spellings for Greek things and...
The break between RIC VII and VIII is the death of Constantine and the elevation of his three sons to Augustus. This coin shows Constantius II as...
Victor is quicker. If the concept of workshops is new to anyone, my page might help. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/officina.html
Have you checked RIC 93 page 454 volume VIII? At that point the mint of Constantinople was using eleven workshops numbered A (1) through IA (11...
Lets make no mistake, CNG is a professional outfit compared to some of the outfits out their that claim to be worthy of your bidding dollars. It...
Rube Goldberg would be so proud of you. I thought my camera rig was over the top but yours is so very much more rubegoldbergian. Yes that is a...
I believe this is a clashed die. Restruck brockages are very rare. I have a page explaining my beliefs and am sorry that the confusion still is...
That is FORTVN REDVC and a very ordinary coin. VICTOR IVST Julia Domna is the star of my page Bride of My Favorite Coin where she married the...
Honestly, I was hoping someone would post a Slavei or Lippanoff fake but Mesembria certainly is a city in what is now Bulgaria. Nice coin! Next:...
Just my opinion: Anyone who has a pair of folles like these could justify getting a similar pair of pre-reform antoniniani from these same men...
Do we need a rule limiting the number of repetitions of the same 'Next:'? I am running out of seashells but: Sagutum, Spain, AE16 shell / dolphin...
That is a problem with CT. Someone posts their favorite specialty and we start a run on that as if there were not a thousand other interesting...
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