Yes, Arcadius. VIRTVS EXERCITI type, emperor standing with labarum and shield, Victory crowning from the right. Not enough in exergue for me to...
My concern with the second coin echoes Mat's. With that much of the patina gone, I would constantly be worried about bronze disease infecting the...
Where's the tripod? I can't see it.
I'm tempted to buy that because, you know, sex sells. Maybe I should put some sex into my coin sales?
I prefer the first.
Super coin and super photograph!
It wouldn't surprise me to find an officially-issued denarius that was a die match to a limes denarius. Most of the limes denarii that I've seen...
Yeah, what Jwt said. Add me to the list of gawkers! What a marvelous, charming set!
I bought a handful recently myself, because of their importance as early US colonial coinage. I don't have the references to research them,...
This is one of those Jekyll and Hyde coins, which is why I don't fault the dealer's image. I also build models, and in the modeling community, we...
Yeah, I could light it differently, but my image represents the true color and surface anomalies. I prefer an honest portrayal of the coin.
Sometimes it's hard to tell. If there's no tooling and a bit of repatination, the coin can look quite natural. But these are blatant. They've been...
Well, if I was unhappy with the coin, I'd send it back - he does have a generous return policy, and I've dealt with him numerous times. As it...
Congratulations! I like it when modern coins look ancient. :)
Yeah, it's funny to see the pics like that. I've learned not to trust sellers' pics very often. I honestly don't care about color very much, just...
Well your Hadrians are... [ATTACH]
Here's a coin I could never get a good image of. I tried again today, and I think I'm finally pleased. Ordinarily, I don't like a completely...
On ancient Greek coins, alpha is written A. Occasionally one finds it in an archaic form, without the crossbar, looking like the modern lambda: Λ....
Well he upgraded from this... [ATTACH] :D:p
Rome, 4th officina. That was my guess in the other thread. The symbol in the middle is a wreath. The pic is good. No apologies needed!
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