My oldest pieces of metal that functioned as money are cast bronze. My oldest coin book is in the pic also, Garrucci. Shown are two aes rude with...
Interesting seal @Gary Waddingham . I like the way you (or someone) did a bit of history research to date the piece!
I agree. Grade is not everything, but condition, eye appeal and desirability determine the price of a coin. I think your first ancient is great....
@ali15111111 - welcome to the ancient chat. How do you know it is Roman? Did you find the coin, or did the person who sold you the coin tell you...
Ouch! Great coin. The right hand pic looks like it has a smiley face in lower right hand quadrant.
I e-mailed the Museum in Naples and asked if they had a link where I could see other scales or a publication on their pieces. I received a reply...
Nice coins Doug. Are the oblong features on the mountain volcano vents?
While in New York, my wife and I had a chance to see one of my favorites. [ATTACH]
I have picked up a few scales and / or scale weights recently. This week a double pan balance from the mid 1900's arrived. The scale came with...
I have been reading a bit about Roman scales. I want to know more about how the Romans paid their soldiers at Veii. The first time Roman soldiers...
Thanks Ken. I posted the question here after looking at examples on acsearch. I thought I had seen the words: "Jesus Christ, King of King" online...
Great Portrait!
Nice coin! I like silphium seed on coins. I would like one like the one in Wikipedia, [ATTACH] but all I have is one that I call a silphium seed...
I like large bronze Byzantine coins, but do not have books on them. I wanted to show a friend an anonymous follis, but had trouble translating the...
Happy hunting! The British Museum in on my want to see list!
I am a bit out of norm on this one. I think a coin from a known hoard is worth a few extra style points when picking between two coins. Is B...
Likes and dislikes are a part of our hobby. I am reluctant to clean my coins for fear of causing or uncovering problems like pitting. @red_spork...
My wife and children tell me I use that word too often also. I prefer the word as it applies to coins. See the three Graces coins - [ATTACH]...
TIF, it looks like you are collecting die varieties of the sewer coin. The reverses have interesting differences in step size and cippus shape. I...
Nice upgrade! How many times have you traveled the Labyrinth? My upgrade is a modest RR coin. The before and after, and a bit of a write up:...
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