Perhaps you're right. Perhaps I'm being paranoid.
I've never seen an error that was so erroneous that it made the design look intentional! What a fantastic coin.
I was attracted to this coin for various reasons, namely the "High Roman" style of the busts and the overall excellent detail, not to mention the...
Beautiful coin Mikey! It's actually RIC VI 195.
The feeling is mutual Jeff - it's great to have you on Coin Talk!
Nice coin ro, very good detail and excellent character!
Two very interesting coins for a minting techniques collection! I've seen flans that were made from offset molds, but never one as dramatic as...
This is a very interesting type because it was actually struck by Hyrcanus I in the name of Antiochus VII. Hyrcanus I had no choice but to accept...
It looks perfectly natural, @red_spork . That's exactly the sort of fabric I look for in Judaean coins. A superb example!
I don't hunt prutoh as I find them notoriously problematic - you can look through a thousand coins before you find one that has any appeal, and...
The CNG listings are instructive because, as you can see, the doctored coins are either low-grade rarities whose details have been "improved" by...
I've examined hoards of Nabataeans for instance, hundreds of common coins that had exactly the same dirt patina. Nobody in their right mind would...
What a great thread guys, keep the pics coming if you have any more.
There is absolutely no way anyone can be of any help without pictures of the coins. Pegasi images coins far less expensive than the ones on that...
Great pics Q! Thank you for sharing. Coincidentally, today a denarius of Clodius Albinus came in the mail, with ROMAE AETERNAE reverse... [ATTACH]
Why do these threads always seem biased against old men with money? We get the job done. [ATTACH]
The collectors of ancients have most of the women. Neener neener neener.
Not in my recollection. It seems we have enough members to cover every specialty.
It's no big deal, just return it. It happens to all of us. I recently had to tell an Alexander drachm imposter to pack its bags and get the hell...
I used to tolerate a bit of smoothing, but I've slowly evolved away from it. I now hate any sort of tooling or smoothing, or fake patination for...
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