Rats. Your post needs a "dislike" button. I sincerely hoped the coin was authentic.
I'll give you 31.
As far as the bidding goes, it's all relative to the size of your wallet. I wouldn't mind spending $50 on a coin of questionable authenticity....
The fabric certainly looks ancient enough.
It's extremely unfortunate that counterfeiters have cast suspicion on these coins.
The island had a reputation for poverty, yet they were minting 12g silver coins? That doesn't quite add up.
I have none of these types from Alexandria at all. But the question about the numbering of the Domitius coins is a good one. By the established...
Sure, why not? Most of us that have been collecting a few years have at least one story of cherry-picking a very rare coin that went unnoticed for...
Quite frankly, a catalog number means nothing to me. What I DO find instructive in RIC are the introductory analyses and the mint-by-mint coining...
I bought volumes VI, VII, and VIII because the majority of my Roman collecting is concentrated in that time period. Doug's advice is sound - you...
What heresy is this?
Learning to read RIC is a discipline, compounded by the fact that different volumes have different layouts. Your coin is found in Volume VI, on...
Great images of a great coin, Arnold. Welcome.
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Don't miss the opportunity to run with the bulls!!
Here's a 12 Caesars challenge: assemble a set of coins, imperial and/or provincial that do NOT have any portraits of the emperors. (I'm not even...
A friend of mine from Prague brought some back when he visited Hungary and it messed us up. It was fun while it lasted, but the hangover was intense.
The patina is slightly chipped on the reverse, but otherwise I see nothing wrong with the coin. And I don't even think the chips are that serious....
The seafood version of a Bloody Mary? Ugh, I'm sorry, but that sounds disgusting.
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