As you all know, I dig around in (metaphorical) junk bins for scarce coins that others have overlooked for lack of cherry-picking savvy. Last...
It's a super coin! I think these types are iconic among Celtics, in the same way owls are iconic among Athenians. Puppetry is an ancient art form...
There are plenty of good coins on eBay, and plenty of fakes. Caveat emptor.
Ah, I see why the Constantine was faked - it's Constantine I as Caesar, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI type, a rare coin. But it's the most gawd-awful fake...
I take it back. Everything he's got up for auction at the moment looks damn fishy to me, even the common follis of Constantine.
Be careful of this seller. He's on FORVM's NFSL. Unless you really know what you're doing, avoid him. The problem is, he's got some coins that...
Great coin! Congratulations!
Yes, I do, but you've got to clean every trace of the BD off first, then dry them.
I'm not the least bit disappointed, actually. I got the coin at a substantial discount, probably because every collector that saw it said, "BD!...
Hey folks, this coin arrived today, and the green spots are, in fact, BD. But I bought it knowing full well that I might have to conserve it. I've...
Snakes.
By the way, I would love to visit Lebanon some day. As a student of ancient history it would be fascinating to see Beirut and Tyre, for instance,...
I would write the author of the article and ask him/her where they got the information that 38,000 drachmas was the cost of a donkey. What source...
No, not exactly. Yes, Beirut was Berytus, but Beroea is modern-day Aleppo, Syria. Your coin is Roman. Pompey conquered the entire region and it...
It's Syrian - Beroea. Can you make out any letters on the obverse?
Kisses? Sounds like a bitch slap to me. :p
Fabulous! I knew it would arrive.
S. Severus, Marcianopolis... [ATTACH]
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Pergamon, Athena+trophy. [ATTACH]
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