Nice new acquisition! Here are two denarii of Nerva and Lucius Verus showing Aequitas: [ATTACH] Nerva, Roman Empire, denarius, 97 AD, Rome mint....
Thanks for your opinion. Submitting it to a TPG certainly would bring extra security, yet I fear that in this case, the fee would exceed the value...
Well, it definitely is the same coin, judging from all the small imperfections of its surface. The difference between the two pictures is due to...
@Sallent , thanks for coming back and explaining. Also, no need to put on the brown paper bag – I'm sure we all have moments like this now and then.
Thanks to all of you for taking a look and giving an opinion. As far as I understand, most of you agree that it has an odd style but are reluctant...
Yes, it is the same coin – different lighting and my amateurish photography skills make a huge difference...
Please excuse this request – I usually don't like to ask for authenticity assessments on CoinTalk, but here is a coin I really don't know what to...
@Ed Snible has already explained this in much greater depth and detail than I could ever have done. The only minor thing I can add is that Topalov...
That is very interesting and useful information. Thanks for sharing it!
This is a beautiful kylix. I'd like to congratulate you with a couple of Gorgons: We all know this type. It's probably not from Parium/Parion in...
Nice coins, everyone! Here is another Caracalla from Carrhae: [ATTACH] Caracalla, Roman Empire, Provincial issue of Mesopotamia, Carrhae, AE 21,...
SOLD Dear all, I recently bought this one from Savoca, thinking it was a Celtic imitation of an Alexander drachm. In hand, it turns out that it...
@FitzNigel , it was a true pleasure to meet you at Kalamazoo. And I fully agree that there was an overwhelming number of sessions on medievalism...
To keep the ball rolling: [ATTACH] Pitane, Mysia, AE11, 4th–3rd c. BC. Obv: Horned head of Zeus Ammon r. Rev: Pentagram, pellet in center, [Π]–I....
That's an interesting variety – good that you noticed! My own camel denarius only has PRINC: [ATTACH] Trajan, Roman Empire, denarius, 103–111...
Nice coin – congratulations! I don't have an Athenian tetradrachm (yet), but here is what I call my budget owl: [ATTACH] Pontos, Amisos, AR...
That's a very nice coin, @osdet! Congratulations. And I understand why and how much you like it – I, too, consider my Republican as one of my...
Great new acquisition and a nice write-up! I only have a modest Faustina denarius showing Venus genetrix without the baby: [ATTACH] Faustina II,...
The coin on the right is from Miletus in Ionia, 3rd century BC. Here is a website on this type with further information that should allow you to...
Nice siglos, @Roerbakmix ! Some recent scholarship (e.g. Nicolas Corfú: A New Thesis for Siglos and Dareikos, 2011) argues that the Persian...
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