Fair enough. I guess I’ll leave it as is. At least then I don’t have to crack it out of the holder and risk damaging it.
Well I just meant it’s hard to see the full design when some of it is covered up by dirt xD
Honestly I was just going to use a wet cotton q-tip to gently brush away some dirt around the “MON” in MONETAS on the edge of the reverse. I...
First of all please allow me to apologize for the bad photos and the holders. Unfortunately there weren’t any good photos taken of these coins....
Hmm are you sure that one on the far left is a real coin and not just a pebble? xD
Speaking of putting coins in mouths.. There was a custom of burying the dead with an obol in their mouth. It was meant to be used after they...
Lol I bet the Thracians figured it out eventually xD
My guess for the reason teeny tiny coins weren’t produced often is it was probably annoying losing them constantly. I think the US Dime is about...
It’s called reading. ;) I know it’s not very popular these days but some people still enjoy it
I haven’t seen one so I’m not sure but they did have the lowest value of any coinage in the Roman Empire.
You should see the tiny semuncia that the Romans made. They were worth 1/24th of a Roman as. An as was 1/10th of a denarius so a semuncia was...
The sad thing for me is that I am a beginner when it comes to ancient coins but I do have a degree in Classical History. I find that usually the...
Well I mean I did try to identify it myself to practice my skills and I think I did pretty good for a first try. I got the text right and even...
Thats actually really interesting because it means Trajan, unlike most of the later Emperors, is actually praising the Senate on this coin....
Thanks! I had never heard of WildWinds before but I just bookmarked it for future reference :)
Ever since I got this coin I’ve been trying to identify what the meaning of the image and text on it are. Unfortunately NGC didn’t label any...
Nice one! Well no surprises that it’s a very small coin. I mean even the denarius is a pretty tiny coin and a sesterce is only 1/4 of a denarius...
Hmm any idea or guess on the date range? No need to be precise. Just curious if you happen to know the century it was minted? Also were the...
I didn’t know this until very recently but I was reading the article about the Sestertius on Wikipedia and apparently during the Roman Republic it...
I get that, but it seems like you're thinking I want to know the weight of the coin when it was minted. In which case yes potential clipping would...
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