Interesting thread... I had not previously thought about sub-categorizing my collecting activities from this perspective. I would go with the...
Huh... the two fake Brundisium bronzes I notified CT'ers about earlier in an upcoming auction have still not been removed, even though I did...
@zumbly... I think you did more than OK. Great selection of coins, I like them all, but especially #4... I had no idea that one even existed...
For my Roman collection, I try to acquire just one coin of each type, but will often have many different coins of the same emperor. I have a lot...
My numismatic resolutions are to continue adding coins to my core areas of collecting (Messapian mints in ancient Calabria, and coins from East...
I visited the site as well the last time I was in Germany, many years ago. Like @Terence Cheesman, the day I went was overcast and foggy....
A lot of the electrum for early coinage may not have been mined, but instead collected as naturally-occurring nuggets from river beds, similar to...
Hello fellow CT'ers, Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that both Brundisium AE coins in the upcoming Bertolami Fine Arts sale are fake. I...
They all look genuine to me...
This page from CT's own @dougsmit has the details: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac75aur.html Doug has a ton of great material on...
#2 definitely looks cast to me. #1 and #5 also look suspect. IMHO, if one is a fake, they would all be suspect... personally, I wouldn't touch any...
Sad to hear of your situation, Severus Alexander. My thoughts go out to you as you battle this insidious disease. In the mean time, Carpe Diem -...
Am I missing something or are there only 9 coins in your top 10?o_O
I don't see anything wrong with the coin from the pictures either. I have come across fakes of these before, but they are of a very different...
Agree with @Orange Julius and @TIF... please don't assume that a lack of responses is a lack of interest. This is fascinating stuff, but an area I...
LOL
Still need to get me a Volusian...
Holy mackerel, or should I say, tunny fish :)
Wow... a winged, dolphin-headed creature... assume this is an electrum of Kyzikos? First time I've ever seen that one before...
Agree with @Ryro on the time period. Yours looks smaller than a true bracteate although it's the same style. It's actually a Hohlpfennig (German...
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