Very few ancient Roman coin dies have survived. After many strikings the dies eventually wore out, producing coins with lettering and designs that...
"Flow marks" is what I've always called it as @Roerbakmix indicated.
Love it. Congrats. My Carisius[ATTACH] T. CARISIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of the Aphrodisian Sibyl...
Ouch! That's a faux pas I almost made during one of my auctions.
A poor example, but a triskeles nonetheless: [ATTACH] L.CORNELIUS LENTULUS & C.CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CORNELIA AR Denarius...
Nice! [ATTACH] IBERIAN AE Semis OBVERSE: Young male head right, Phoenician letter before REVERSE: Bull right, crescent above, two Phoenicial...
Me! Just make sure you hold your breath till it arrives.:p
A long life to you and yours for sure. That's a lovely coin and a good idea when someone says they are going to buy you an Ancient coin. I...
VF+ is my guess
And here is just one [ATTACH] Q. CAECILIUS METELLUS PIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CAECILIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Diademed head of Pietas right;...
Trust us. It's fake![ATTACH]
Nice. Coin and match. Congratulations.
Thanks for all the nice reply's. And yes, I've seen this type before and the price was out of reach for me. Like I said, I got this for 2/3 of...
As I mentioned in a previous post, I only won one of my bids in the latest FSR auction. It was actually my second choice of coins and I got it...
You have some very lovely coins @Terence Cheesman
Not damnatio in my opinion. Why do both sides and perhaps offend some deity? Someone making sure it wouldn't be used possibly.
Glad to see you back. Stick around this time. Perhaps the coin bug will bite again.:D
Yeah, I only got one out of the many I bid on. I too will post when it arrives.
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This one has a bl;ack patina and hard to photograph: [ATTACH] SEVERUS II Quarter Follis OBVERSE: SEVERVS NOB C, laureate head right REVERSE:...
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