those are great coins! What is the eight rayed star wheel in the lower left of the first photo? It looks like a Pontus or Judean coin. Never seen...
Nice coin Pavlos. Love the snakes! Curious on the size? Here is a crude little coin but unusual and only a few dollars. Below is a better example...
Thanks RC, maybe you already told me that some months ago.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] She was a looker and it shows on the coin. Here is a bronze of her sister-in-law Crispina I believe. I read that she hated her...
Thanks Warren. I do feel that all these goddesses are interconnected, many have the triune aspect and the connection to the Tree of Life and the...
WOW- a rare beauty Andrew! RRRR! This one is still on the way from Europe. Only am leaning to a good provenance on these coins these days with...
@TIF - You are a humorous, generous and compassionate foundation of this ancients forum. Thank You!
Do yourself a favor, check out this RR denarius from a good numismatist- with lifetime guarantee and less than half the cost of these ebay fakes....
Well I was just looking for an inexpensive lot of Romans for a new class of students but could not resist a Lucius Verus with a Demeter reverse...
Yes, reverse like DR's and portrait like on mine. Snowfall patina. pretty little coin of the Caesar.
http://bargainbinancients.com/ https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/david_connors-41/ancient-coins/Default.aspx? http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html
nice provenance- cool coin Andrew. Here is an outlier of these Augustus assarions of Antioch. Forgot who here at CT wrote this note about it when...
[ATTACH] Ancient Coins - FAUSTINA - DUPONDIUS - MATRI - MAGNAE - OLD FRENCH COLLECTION - A/ FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA R/ MATRI - MAGNAE// SC . 11.41 g ;...
Funny- he just posted here on this thread! I don't think he is a shill working for these fake sellers if that's what you mean. I think he is only...
Amazing factory for sure. A fairly newish poster here on CT who is always making threads asking about fake ebay sellers etc. just posted a new one...
Yes, this method(the one I linked to) does tell you the density. This is not the same as the specific gravity test. You use the tweezers to lower...
Prepare to get a lot of answers on that question here! welcome to ancients on CT- they call the dark side. Coins have been counterfeited since...
Here is the method, you may lower the coin carefully in a graduated cylinder with a plastic forceps/tweezers. It will tell you the relative...
Water displacement/volume(milliliters) and grams will give you density. 19.32 grams per cubic centimeter for pure gold-24 carat...
Here is the one I have from Alexandria Troas, also the size of an aspirin! Troas, Alexandria 3rd-2nd Century BC Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo...
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