Great background fact! I was not aware the Persian empire was that large. I have one. Not the best example, but one of my oldest coins. I use the...
Great coin. It is just like: [MEDIA]
I will agree with the folks above about glued on Fs. My issue is the patina color and surface texture look too uniform to me. It looks like...
Great coin P-man! Well centered, good die and well struck. I think all of the curls on head and chin are a good detail. Minor comment - Sol was...
Great coins. My favorite story about Postumus is his downfall (from Wikipedia): Postumus assumed his fifth consulship on 1 January 269, but the...
See Doug's quote from above. You could easily find a fake ancient coin in the ground from an "old" US site. A century or two ago Roman history and...
I am a bit color blind (some of the chart dots I do not see), but I see most colors (unless you ask my wife). When I hold the knife close to any...
I bought a new light for photographing coins. OK, I know not everyone calls these coins, but maybe pre-money is close enough. The pictures above...
Great coin P-man! I like to show non-ancient collectors coins of Mars, Athena, Aollo and Roma. I ask is this a guy or a girl? Their answers are...
Cool coin. There is something attractive about a unpublished coin. Sounds like one you should send to NGC or PCGS. My unpublished coin is tiny:...
Someone sent me the pages describing the lot that included my coin. There is a note about lots 209 to 227 being from an Italian sea hoard....
Nice coin. I have no late Roman or Byzantine silver coins. I like the portraits. It looks like they have had a scare or consumed lots of coffee.
Someone texted me the pic below and asked what it is. Anyone have a clue? I do not know anything other than the pic. It looks like a pig and...
The provenance of books can be as interesting as that for coins. I have two or three David Sear signatures in books, but none with my name.
Nice group. Very early coins and an early coin. I like the location of the bankers marks on Juno Sospita's nose and chin. I think bankers marks...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anonymous Semilibral Quartuncis, Struck Rome, 217 to 215 BC, Cr 38/8 Roman Republican AE, Anonymous, Semilibral, Quartuncis,...
Nice coin / collection RS.
I was busy the last half of July and several items from overseas arrives this week. The wait time was 1 to 2 weeks. Most had a day added because...
I collect time period also, but Roman Republican and cast Central Italian coins. [ATTACH] A couple of large bronze pieces. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Of...
Short answer, no. In room light I do not see much blue. I am still working through how to take pictures with my new camera. I bought two new LED...
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