Happy CT anniversary, Orfew :)
Nice one, David! My favorite coin of Vespasian is one I don't yet have :D This is a my favorite Vespasian but I don't have many from which to...
Oooooh, I love it!
Great story!! :)
They are all fakes, or tourist trinkets. Here are the images posted in full for ease of viewing: [ATTACH]
Absolutely!!
It is a set of instructions for calculating VAT, used by auctioneers. In the UK Auctioneers' Margin Scheme, it dictates that the buyer's VAT...
Another reason to stay away from sealed slabs! Break them out and treat the corrosion. Do not re-slab. Store them with desiccant. Here's one of...
The chevron border is a modification of a known fake. I don't know the purpose of the addition nor do I know if the decorative border was added...
Memorandum Of Understanding. (Technically, the plural abbreviation is just MOU rather than MOUs, since the plural is Memoranda of Understanding...
Like @Iosephus, I live outside the EU and my experience has been that the auction house simply generally not add the VAT to my invoice, as is...
I thought it was a German word meaning underweight :D. It is totally believable as a German word (apologies to my German-speaking CT friends :D)...
Using Tesorillo's pages, it looks like Delmatius to me :)
[IMG] ;) :D
My first Alexandrian tetradrachm was that same type, Mat. I thought it was the ugliest coin I'd seen and was certain I'd never want more of them....
You're right. I mis-typed. The word "tone" or "toning" should have been used throughout that post. I started to go into a similar discussion...
Unless by "not natural" you mean painted on, I have some thoughts on this. There are many interesting and lively threads on CoinTalk regarding...
I think you have properly identified the issuing city. I see ANTONIN on the obverse and after lightening the images, it does look like Caracalla....
[ATTACH] An example of a Side tetradrachm from CNG's archives. There are many slight variations of the reverse. [IMG]
It is, or is patterned after, a coin of Side in Pamphylia. Spin the top picture 180 degrees and you'll see Athena's head facing right, wearing a...
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