This thread has been a great example of in-depth research pursued by numismatists who are willing to leave no stone upturned in search of...
Valentinian, Nice score ;)! Great patina on the coin. Antioch was a city that must have been cursed by the gods. The "black death" killed a lot of...
ro1974, That's a beautiful looking as ;), great strike with exceptional portrait & fine patina. The resemblance of the reverse design to...
arnoldoe, lovely portraits on the gold coin of Constantine VIII, especially the portrait of Christ.
That's a good question. Being an ex-dealer myself, I would on occasion sell coins that were upgraded or coins that no longer interested me from my...
panzerman, That's a wonderful portrait aureus :jawdrop:, & should be illustrated in Andreas Pangerl's book 500 Years of Roman Coin Portraits.
Attached below are photos of a tetradrachm from Antioch, Syria struck in the 1st year of the reign of Trajan Decius, AD 249, Officina 5, 13.43 gm,...
My specialty is Roman Provincial coinage so I submitted about a dozen bids a couple of weeks ago. The CNG offering is spectacular & the bidding...
I stumbled on this rare & beautiful Hieron II bronze three years ago in a NOMOS auction & had to copy the photo, see below. Syracuse, Sicily,...
Aestimare, Many thanks again for your additional information. Members like you are the reason I treasure this website. ;)
tibor, You adroitly illustrate the comment I made to dougsmit's thread; please read it. I don't speak French or want to spend $300+ on reference...
dougsmit, I think you may be missing the point of panzerman's comment & of 3rd party grading companies in general. Asking these companies to "name...
panzerman, Thanks for your input, you confirmed my gut feeling :smuggrin:. You're also right about 3rd party grading companies lack of info on...
Aestimare, Thank you for your valuable information :joyful:, I knew someone in CT would come thru :D. I'm totally ignorant on Gothic period...
Just for the hell of it I did a search on the PCGS archives & copied photos of this coin type that they have graded & was shocked at the results...
About 15 years I started shopping for a French Gothic coin & didn't want to spend a lot of money on one. Steinberg's Inc. had an attractive...
TIF, great detective work :jawdrop:!
Deacon Ray, your coin & Mike's look like they were cut by the same celator ;). There is an expression of sadness on both portraits, especially...
Pellinore, there are a number of demonstrations on checking specific gravity on YouTube, none of which are very accurate. The demos I watched used...
BenSi, there are some beautiful Byzantine coins posted in this thread :jawdrop:! Pictured below is my favorite big Byzantine bronze 40 nummi,...
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