Excellent! A lovely coin at a good price. Little flan cracks have frequently brought more expensive coins down into my budget, and they don't...
Here is a coin from my collection with a Braithwell Hoard provenance, Tetricus I with Hilaritas reverse. (Sorry to hijack your thread ancentnut!)...
Hoard evidence can tell us a great deal, at least about the person or persons that deposited the hoard. For instance, here is a map comparing the...
That's my first guess as well.
These are the sort of modern coins I can appreciate.
A little BD, but it looks treatable. Heck, after seeing Gil's treatment of the Romulus, I'm beginning to think anything is possible.
(I was making a joke about the cameras. I guess it got lost in translation.) :)
Yes, that's very interesting. I have not seen this type of sword on a Roman coin before.
As I said in another thread, Roman technology never ceases to amaze me.
Sometimes we know, most of the time we don't. Some of our coins come from specific hoards, whose history is well-known, in which case the...
To my eyes it seems obvious that the NAC coin was struck after yours and the leaf was added to the die. TIF's gif is helpful because it not only...
Even if it were authentic, it would be worth very little because of its condition.
Yes, but Christianity was not yet widespread in the empire. He would have risked alienating many people (most actually) that still adhered to the...
It doesn't need to be that high. I go with 180 for about an hour. That's enough to evaporate any trace water on the surface and draw some out of...
Looks like you've basically eliminated the BD. I think it just needs some drying now, and keep your eye on it.
Yes, there's a coin that actually depicts the bridge.
A scarce issue, typically found in lower grades. This is Victor Clark's note on the type... "This type commemorates Constantine's victory over...
Don't eat yellow snow. :)
It's a denarius of Antoninus Pius - a memorial issue celebrating his deification. The obverse legend is DIVUS ANTONINVS. The reverse legend is...
The more I look at the MM, the more I think it's original. Someone just did a very good job cleaning it up - taking away just enough dirt to...
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