It's a clay-like adhesive, https://www.amazon.com.au/BOSTIK-BLU-TACK-S050Q-Bostik/dp/B001FGLX72
Yeah! I drew an outline of the busts and dug in! [ATTACH] Just makes me wonder how talented some people were 1000s of years ago to make accurate...
So these were the emperors I tried to carve, 1. Septimius Severus 2. Vespasian 3. Nero 4. Nerva
I just made some wax intaglios of Roman emperors and couple others, definitely not as artistic as the ancient engravers, but if you can at least...
Treated with sodium thiosulfate [ATTACH] Next, your first owl tetradrachm
I came across this site in a post on the list of ancient coin dealers on CT. They have some nice coins, so I mailed them for an invoice back in...
A group shot that I took back in 2020 when I was getting into ancient coins! [ATTACH] Next, pile on
Chola [ATTACH] Roma (especially Trajan) [ATTACH] Next, same theme
Chola 'foot' stater, issued in commemoration of Raja Raja I victory over the Cheras. The foot depicts the god Vishnu, deity of the Cheras. The...
12 hrs A lifetime issue of Faustina Sr, the dealer didn't mention this, but I assumed it would be one! [ATTACH] Next, when your assumption was right.
My humble deified Caesar with his namesake comet above. [ATTACH] Although I'm not sure if i'd call this occasion 'happy' [ATTACH]
Lol there are even sellers with Yugoslavia as their location, a country that ceased to exist for more than 3 decades! I doubt eBay would care.
Severus Alexander- they're as cheap as they come, but i'm yet to get one. I have none of the Severan women other than a cruddy Domna. None of the...
Ghorid dynasty, minted under Muhammad Bin Sam between 1173-1206. Imitating early Samanta Deva coins. [ATTACH] Next- south India
Garuda [ATTACH] Next, Hindu deities
I know what you mean, but late (Western) Roman period is not my main focus, although a gold from that period is much more affordable. I'm mostly...
A Roman gold is the next in my bucket list after ticking off Alex and Owl tets, however it's a big jump in terms of cost! so I'm looking at...
12 hrs, I don't have a travel series, but just got this early issue! [ATTACH] Next, another 'Designatus'
I actually like that ghostly image of Commodus!
While the coins arrived in my country on Jan 20, the rail line that connects eastern cities to my city that's on the West got cut off due to...
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