Good luck on your new hobby. The safest way to remove the dirt deposits is to soak it in distilled water. If after rinsing, do not rub, there are...
Same as @Bing shows above [ATTACH]
Hi and welcome to CT. It means exactly that. Something harder than copper hit the coin, or it was dropped onto something and damaged it.
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A fun filled 5 hours. And always on tenterhooks when your machine signals something else. A nice haul of finds, well done.
Looks more like Honorius obverse, Honorius and Theodosius II reverse, standing facing, heads toward one another, each holding a spear in outer...
The Sertorian Wars 80 – 72 BCE The Sertorian War (80-72 BC) was the last stand of the Marian faction after their defeat in Italy during Sulla’s...
Here is a Husband and Wife, on separate coins, who always made a fine pair. [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius AR denarius, Rome, AD 152-153. 18 mm, 3.35 g....
Great thread idea and a wonderful webpage article for your coin @Sulla80. Roman Republic GENS NAEVIA. Denarius (Serratus) Ar. 3.89g/19mm. 79 BC...
JAIME I. (1213-1276 AD). Spanish States Obverse: ARAGON., bust of King Jaime, crowned and draped, left. Reverse: IACOBVS REX., cross of Caravaca,...
[ATTACH] Probus, 276-282 AD. AR Antoninianus (4.98 gm; 23 mm). Lugdunum mint. IMP C PROBVS . P . F . AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. PAX...
Wonderful portrait and a great octopus. Nice acquisition, well done.
Hi Hi and welcome to CT. It sounds like a token of some sort. You need to show an image of both sides, in focus and in Full Size not a thumbnail,...
I have no idea if this is a striking error, or if the reverse has been struck over the wrong reverse. Either way, it is a bit different from the...
Great pick ups from the bin, and I like the ring. I also have one bent coin. Liked the look of it overall and got it fairly cheap. [ATTACH]
A wonderful selection of small coins @Curtis The sphynx coin I showed was in a lot of supposedly LRB´s, there needed a soak in distilled water and...
About the smallest I have Troas, Gergis. Circa 4th-3rd Century BC. AE12mm, 1.28 g. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, three-quarters facing / ΓEΡ,...
Stunning medal, thanks for sharing
I have only one Diocletian, and even though posted previously I am happy to post it again. Diocletian AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.38...
Nice example and be careful they are quite addictive I am told. I kept seeing coins shown of Faustina I, wife of Antoninus Pius. I really wanted...
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