That is a good way to 'upgrade' especially if you are on a limited budget. Of course if you get it wrong, you will be stuck with a coin you...
I asked a professor of Geology at the university of Colorado to do a test on a piece that broke off around the edge of the indention near the top...
Nice Siglos and write up! [ATTACH] Total fiction but I do like the movie 300 [ATTACH]
The bottom is [ATTACH] Constantine X 1059 to 1067 AD AE Follis, Constantinople Obvs: +ЄMMANOVHΛ IC XC, Christ on footstool holding gospels. Revs:...
Great pick up Gavin. The term sounds familiar to me, but I have no information to give. I am curious myself. [ATTACH] Nero Year 110, 60/61 AD...
Those are good ones @Evan8 better examples are a little harder to find. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] If you like coins of this reign, a...
If Tif's wins for beauty, mine should win ugliest :bag: [ATTACH] Alexander I Balas Mint: Ascalon Year 164, 149/148 BC Obvs: Head of Alexander...
I only have the vows by numerals. [ATTACH] Constantine I Heraclea mint 327 to 329 AD AE Follis Obvs: CONSTANTINVS AVG, Ladder diademed right....
How much does it weigh in grams?
I suppose this uses some real estate. [ATTACH] Valens Mint: Siscia 367 to 375 AD AE 3 Obvs: DN VALENS PF AVG Revs: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory...
I was looking for a way to more accurately date this series, and assumed (wrongly perhaps) that mine was later because of it's crudness, but it...
Hopefully you had fun looking for it! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Mine is the top one, bottom is from a Savoca auction. The reverse is a match. Antiochus...
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Those are great especially the Romanus. Some distilled water and a light cue tip might help the green spot. For some reason many of these preserve...
Modern forgery perhaps? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Lots of good Byzantine posts coming out lately! Constantine XI is a grail coin for many collectors including myself. Thanks for posting it.
[ATTACH]Antiochus IV Mint: Seleucia on the Tigris AE Dichalkon 173/172 BC Obvs: Radiate head of Antiochus right, within fillet border. BX monogram...
Personally I think it's an illustration due to lighting and angle, especially since the cleaned version image has that portion very dark at the...
Lol I've seen it go both ways. Sometimes cleaning yields a good profit for a quick sale or it can ruin a coin or at least it's resale. At any rate...
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