Your desk is a mess, Chris. Clean that crap up! :p
I've gone to a few shows with Ardatirion and recently met Doug Smith at Baltimore, but that was show-going, not showing off coins. Maybe I'll go...
It's not counterstamped - just one of the regular owl types. Probably Antiochus VII or VIII.
I've got one large cent of Vicky's but it ain't purdy. Junk bin find. I used it to practice cleaning off PVC gunk with acetone. [ATTACH]
I wish you would. I would find that interesting.
Non-PVC flips in folders. I have nobody in real life to show off my coins to, so as medoraman says, pics.
That's a good point, but they only show two pieces of the helmet as they were found. We don't really know how much of it was reconstructed, or...
Valentinian I AE3, 19mm, 2.54g; Siscia mint: 364-7 Obv.: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: SECVRITAS...
Constans, 333-337 AD AE3, 17mm, 1.8g, 12h; Siscia mint: 347-348. Obv.: CONSTAN-S PF AVG; Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right....
Constans, 333-337 AD AE3; Siscia mint: 347 AD. Obv.: CONSTAN-S PF AVG; rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev.: VICTOR-IA AVGG;...
Constantine I, 272-337 AE Follis: 19mm, 2.62g, 6h; Constantinople Mint: 328 Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG; Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed...
I may have more of Victory than any other Roman goddess... Gordian III, 238-244 AE Sestertius, 25.46g, 32mm; Rome mint: 238-9 Obv.: IMP CAES M...
Where does Roman Cyzicus fall into this collation? Since the mint mark initial is K, I'll post this coin, but I'm not sure... [ATTACH]
Also, when you're starting out, I would urge you to buy coins with good, clean surfaces - no corrosion, or bronze disease, and stay away from...
Someone did a superb job restoring that artifact. I'm glad it was saved!
I can recount my journey into ancients - if there's any advice to be had in it, you're welcome to take it, or not. I bought a Falling Horseman...
A beautiful example of the type, spork, and nicely centered.
Here's the key to reading Roman coins: A=R, H=A.
All joking aside, I'm impressed with your measuring the specific gravity. How accurate is that compared to something like an X-ray fluorescence...
I refute your findings because... [ATTACH]
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