Welcome to CoinTalk, @WillyM :). Interesting coin!
LM, let's continue this by PM so as to not unnecessarily distress the board.
I don't have the understanding of the types that you and a few others have, but I appreciate your in-depth knowledge and sharing of these coins!
Looks like you had a great show, @rrdenarius! Thanks also for the YN pictures :)
What a nice bargain! Although worn, the portrait is unmistakably Julia Domna. I love coins you can touch with impunity :) Your countermarks are...
And now you're obsessing about what we think of your coin by reposting your whole collection individually with polls asking if we like the coin!...
Your intuition is correct and I was wrong. Expanding the search word to "cockroaches" shows that Mat first used the term in relation to Gordian...
CT has a For Trade board: https://www.cointalk.com/forums/trades/ Plus members on the ancients board frequently announce giveaways.
CT search shows the first mention of common ancient coins as "roaches" was indeed by Sallent, although he was referring to "widow's mite" coins....
:hilarious::hilarious: So funny :D What a fantastic thread. Definitely adding some Helena Hairstyles to the wish list!
Thanks for the interesting writeup, Nap! I have none to share but appreciate yours :)
I'm not as convinced that the obverse legend reads S NOB C. Looks like it could be just about anything to me... and I vote for PF AVG. Is there...
@Valentinian, I think you summed up the situation well in your first post. Doug's comments ring true also.
I saw that last week and spent some time examining it against known fakes and concluded that it was a heavily "aged" modern fake, matching several...
Barbarous/unofficial?? I'm out of my league here but the primary place I check for LRB identification is Tesorillo. The (presumably) Victory on...
I'll look for the article. Although... I probably should have said, "likely azurite" or "azurite-like" :) ... Bronze patina recipes abound....
Wow! What an impressive review! I had no idea her portraits were so varied.
The first coin is this thread is spectacular, especially the reverse-- I see why you wanted it. As others have said, the finest examples come...
Here's a coin with azurite (and other copper minerals) scattered about-- look at Perseus's head and shoulders and other places. The coin has...
I don't know if your coin's patina is natural or created, but it striking. You might find this old thread interesting:...
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