Nice coin!
I'll send you the adoption papers. :)
Uh, well...you got me there. I can't seem to win an auction at CNG, but I do have some ex-CNG coins from other dealers. It seems to me that the...
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CNG's pics are very much lightened, and the color saturation is turned down. You've bought plenty of coins from them - compare their pics to the...
I think the OP pic is lightened. The coin is probably darker in hand.
It depends on what is alloyed with the lead, usually some copper and tin. Here are four of my Nabataean tesserae of varying shades. I think the...
I hadn't heard the story of your grandfather, Q, so I'm glad you re-told it. What a marvelous provenance!
I absolutely love these Imperatorial coins. I wish I could afford a few more myself. I have only one from this period in Roman history, a bit...
Fixed. :p
I don't know enough about it either. Maybe some pentassaria had an E and others didn't? Doug would know.
Chris's coin is a smaller denomination. The E on our coins indicates a pentassarion.
Yes, typically crude flan and strike, but great portraits! Nice find!
Yes, minty-fresh. Add it to the lexicon of erudite numismatic terminology!
Nice coins, both of them! Whenever you can get a provincial with that much detail and clear legends, it's a no-brainer. I have Philip I and...
I have this sestertius of Gordian III, which is one of my prized possessions - it's very satisfying to hold because of its size, but it also has...
Very nice. This isn't a criticism because I've collected denarii with slightly rough surfaces - I think the details of the coin far outweigh the...
Agreed. I just don't see how it could be any better.
The two depictions of Artemis in this thread are interesting: TIF's provincial and ancientnut's Sicilian. In both instances, she has a quiver, so...
Boy that's a lovely denarius. Well-done sir!
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