My heaviest, weighing in at 276.94 (I don't know how they got the .94) is a Wheel-type Aes Grave As. However, it's not ugly but is spectacularly...
Well don't look at me for future presents, my avatar coin is actually a bronze medallion of Claudius II tho my user name here is Gallienus....
Sulla portrait denarii are historically important as Sulla was a Dictator who ruled the Roman Republic from 82-79 BC according to David Vagi. I...
Babbitt metal appears to be largely tin (Sn) + other metals: maybe lead or copper. If largely tin, that metal is quite light 7.31 g/cc while...
I have both the Sulla portrait issue, struck by his nephew/or grandson in 54 BC + the non-portrait issued by Sulla himself ca. 99 or 100 BC....
I have a couple, one of my nicer ones is as follows. I lived for 3 years in Sao Paulo, Brasil (Brazil in US language) and am a member of the...
I can't find any tooling on the reverse either. Heck I can't even find the reverse picture. Mega Slabs: wondering if NGC would slab my...
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It's very well struck. Could be an impaired proof like the others here have mentioned.
Surfaces are a little weird, hard to tell from online pix. I'd go for AU-58.
I went with EF-40 due to the detail in the drapery. I have an 1806 but only in a vg or fine. This one is much prettier. One day after all the...
Was the blackness caused by the Great Fire? It's a shame I was outbid on that 1 WildPerson (must use correct terminology these days) that I tried...
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