All VERY handsome coins!
Desire is the wrong word. I got mine for $15 as a curiosity - it is the world's smallest gold coin - it was there and it was cheap, and I collect...
The term fanam does not occur until the 18th-century. The names of the denominations in Vijayanagar were Gadyana, Varaha, Pagoda, Pratapa, Haga,...
The commemorative phoenix types come in two major varieties, struck by both Constans and Constantius II: on mound and on globe. [ATTACH] As Doug...
I agree. The first two were clearly meant to deceive. Unless you take a good look at the misspellings and mismatched sides, they are quite...
Here are my own pics of the three unofficial coins I posted on the previous page. I won't discuss them again, but I did post them at FORVM, and...
Here I thought he gave you a nickname because he had a crush on you.
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Sure thing. Here's my one FH of Julian, from Aquileia... [ATTACH]
Well why didn't you say so? :p
I see delta SIS zigzag, RIC 363.
The coin is quite worn. It could very well be the zigzag mark, making it 363.
Here is an example of the Licinius from my collection, in a higher grade, just to give you a better idea of the devices. Yours comes from the...
The first is a coin of Licinius I, the second Valentinian I, the third is an anonymous Byzantine follis.
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Of course, the ancients wouldn't have been threatened by infection very much as silver is a biocide, but you really wouldn't want to put modern...
You know, I thought for sure that coin would crumble apart in short order, but it's been perfectly stable for a year. The green spots haven't budged.
Just for kicks, here's my fourée tribute penny. We've had enough beautiful coins in this thread. Let's try ugly... [ATTACH]
Yeah, but it might have been worse when it first came out of the ground. Sometimes a coin just can't be saved. Just call it your lunar surface...
Ok, but don't come crying to me when you get a flesh-eating bacteria in your gums.
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