Great pic and photo composition. I am still learning to take pics that show well here. My compositions are done with one shot. A few cast...
Good thread idea! I have one, same as op coin, and would like a couple more. This is one of my first RR coins. I bought this one from an Ed Wadell...
No bull, I like the bronze coin!
Wow, great coin, good features on Janus head and nice patina. Mine is about the same size. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican. Libral standard....
Nice coin! I am sure it is glad to be free.
Interesting paper. The imitations looked enough like Roman Coins to say they were modeled after them, but did not look like them! One of my wish...
I noticed several of the Roman Provincial coins attracted spirited bidding. Not my area, so I drank an extra cup of coffee watching these lots. I...
nice coin and write-up! I like Roma wearing her helmet while sitting.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most of the ancient coins I have are not from published hoards and do not have find data. Several of the cast pieces...
TIF you are on target. I too would like to have a hippocamp biga. When I read hippocamp biga I think of Fantasia.... [ATTACH] not quite the same...
I think the post about tooling of bronze coins has plenty of merit. How to spot them and sharing one when spotted. I would like an Octavian...
Great coin! Are you a poet in your off time? old gold from the Ghent Mint
My favorite coin - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My favorite medal - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] my daughter's wedding medal, mintage about 50
I feel your pain acg (and maybe caused it). Sorry to buy the one you were eyeing. Patience will work for you, I am sure. I found a small piece of...
Great coin. I think a family set is a good way to start a collection. One of the first ancient coins that caught my eye was a youthful Geta. I do...
I picked up an interesting coin at a coin show last weekend. It was a bit out of my normal collecting area, Provincial, Imperatorial, but who can...
NAC's auctions have a statement to this effect: "None of the coins offered in this sale are subject to any kind of US import restrictions ....."...
Astragalus (knucklebone) - one in cast bronze [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and one in silver (or silvered) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow! great detail on your coin.
Talk of grading ancient coins reminds me of a book on book grading: Slightly Foxed but Still Desirable, by Ronald Searle [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The...
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