Btw OP, I hope you do not take offense of the questions. I am simply trying to figure them out as well. 6th and 7th century Central Asia is very...
Op, do you have a source why you think these countermarked issues were from the ransom payments? I have quite a few, and in hand their character...
Not a nickel guy really. I would say 65 or 65+ is not out of line. All of these No FS comments bother me a little. Sure, there is a couple of...
Outside of Deferred Comp and 401k, I maybe have 50% in land/rentals, 35% in stocks, 9% cash, and 5% pm. I am not sure since I normally do not...
I would clarify there was not an official US coin valued at 12.5 cents. There were, however, in colonial times one bits that circulated. I have a...
This is the most damning to me. 3 of the 4 7's pictured have the same serif in the front, but the second coin second 7 is off. The same 7 is off...
The first one does look incused date. Is that the deception, they overstrike into the planchet, or is this an optical illusion of photography?
Its nam pla in Thailand. My wife uses it for many dishes. I actually like it in food. If you smell it it literally smells like wet butt, but in...
Sure its not XXI. LRB have this denotation commonly to state its 20 parts copper to one part silver.
Garum and other types of fish sauces were the stereotypical Italian food products during the Roman era. They put fish sauce on EVERYTHING and the...
I agree sir. Yours looks like a vg, the OPs looked like it had much more detail, (hair. lettering, right hand, etc.) Both are coins I would glad...
Actually, I always read Sicily and North Africa around Carthage was the breadbasket of Rome at this time. Egypt was still a foreign land, and the...
Oh...sorry thread not what I thought I was clicking on. :)
Yes, they are good, but not superior to others. I trust a CNG flip as much, and maybe a Sear cert more. Decent point, but can be achieved other...
No one in antiquity said she was beautiful, they said she was captivating. She spoke multiple languages, could speak intelligently on almost any...
Its why I refuse to use them. One, they do not guarantee the authenticity of ancient coins, (the one real value I see modern slabs providing), and...
Top one looks like its using arabic letters.
Yeah.....that is about how I feel about errors. Don't get me wrong, if you like them good for you, I like anyone liking any coins, just not my cup...
This. The port of Ostia is one of the most desired sestertii of Nero, or really of Rome. Its a very famous coin that has been copied since at...
So this was a huge White Whale for me. A number were sold 12-14 years ago it seems, then they simply went away from the marketplace. This happens...
Separate names with a comma.
