Greg, unless you're in dire financial straits, I would recommend holding on to the collection. If you bought them recently, in the past 5 years,...
It's one of the Trajan boar quadrantes. It looks real, but it looks like it's being eaten alive by bronze disease.
My opinion is that I suspect it's been lightly tooled and smoothed and the sand patina applied, but I would need to examine it in hand. The image...
Great score Steve, it's got everything you want from the type!
Great pic, I love it!
Caesar Augustus was rather effeminate in appearance - or at least he didn't have the features of Melqart. It's interesting to trace the PR...
Arcadius was certainly quite weak in appearance, and it seems that mints had no problem portraying him as such. He definitely looks like he's...
How about a Ga-den tangka of Tibet? [ATTACH] The Ga-den tangka date from c.1850 and these were struck till 1948. Thirteen major varieties in...
Lovely images! "If it's a coin, it's in my collecting interest." That sums it up for me as well. It's interesting to see where other collectors...
Following the OP coin, here is a denaro of the Genova Republic, 1139-1339... [ATTACH]
Wow, nice siliqua with a very expressive bust!
Coins of Tipu Sultan, king of Mysore at the end of the 18th century. He and his father stood at the forefront of Indian resistance to British...
From Trajan's Column... [ATTACH]
An excellent choice! The coin is well-struck and centered on both sides with admirable style, and the surfaces are smooth and clean with natural,...
They are all quite common, but for $7.50 apiece, you did very well indeed! Well done. :)
My wife, who drinks nary a drop of unaltered water threw that line at me once. Now I know the origin.
4.3 to 4.5 grams
The style looks perfectly authentic to me, the wonkiness being an effect of polishing, as Doug suggests. That's about all I can say -...
The Roman Republic moneyer C. Numitorius had a very clear vision as to whose rugged, handsome, masculine, hook-nosed, pointy-chinned features...
Also a book recommendation: The King Must Die, by Mary Renault - an absolutely riveting novel based on the legend of Theseus. If you are even...
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