I have a Celestron Micro Capture Pro. I can toggle back and forth on zoom shows. [ATTACH] It takes reasonable pictures. It is too small for my...
Nice coin with two great countermarks. Our countermarks look similar. Most of the Sol / Helios countermarks I found online were profile pics like...
three are better than one, I like 3 Graces on coins, in the Met and in books. My Julia is in the book. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
How often do you buy two coins because they make a good pair in your collection. I bid on these, in different auctions, because they had similar...
Welcome to ancients CT @Itsjoe49 . You have a neat coin. I like the business end of your warship. You can find a lot of history surrounding old...
great coins, congrats!
The Roman pound = As = Libra was 327.45 grams, see the table from Bendall below. The 29.49 gram weight is a one uncia. The 48.7 gram weight is a...
@7Calbrey interesting barrel weight. Your have a semuncia (1/2 VNCIA, 12 Scripla or 3 Solidi) commercial weight. Two Byzantine weights have the...
@Danielprice welcome to CT Ancients. I think your coin looks like this one - [ATTACH] coin from Roma auction 9, their description: Marc Antony...
great pick ups!
Nice coin Bing. It looks like Titus and Domitian threw darts at it hoping the old man would keel over and they would be in charge. My favorite...
Welcome @CoinZimm . I agree with those above about handling ancient silver coins. When I suspect a coin is crystalized, I put it in a Kointains...
I agree, the weight seems thick for a LRB. The right weight is 3.1 mm thick vs 2.1 mm for left. The sides of all the square weights are straight....
Coin weights from Old Coins I often see an ancient coin that is new to me. Most of the time, I pass on it because it does not fit my collecting...
I looked at the comment page and noticed that of the 154 comments submitted only 26 are posted on line. All of the posted comments oppose...
the mantra of coin buyers in 2020
I agree a note in your words is better than a copied note. I submitted my comments today. My Comment Tracking Number: 1k4-9hji-rw9r I did a lot...
Great coin and write-up. The research behind a new coin is always fun. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, but...
nice find
Thanks for all of your help. The seller's attribution did not look right to me. No - I did not pay electrum price for the coin. I bought it...
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