OK, you win.
Dude, I got you beat. [ATTACH]
It's my favorite among the bunch for eye-appeal.
These are a few of the very first ancients I bought, with better pics. Just updating my FORVM gallery today, no big deal. Big Licinius and Little...
What you can't quantify in ancient coins is style. There are no differences in style between individual modern coins - each type comes from dies...
Tim, post it at forumancientcoins.com - there are some real experts in Judaean coinage there. I am not one of those.
Btw JB, your collection has become impressive in a very short time. Glad to have another addicted comrade!
Yes, and the curious thing is, this coin has no wear whatsoever. Quality control at the mint deteriorated to such an extent during Gallienus'...
Great coin! TRP XVI makes this coin the last in the dated series of ants... Gallienus, 253-268 AE Antoninianus, Rome mint, 268 AD Obv.:...
Those are pretty amateurish if you ask me.
As far as I know, you can assemble your own freestyle collection. One of our members, Zohar has a fantastic set at NGC. I don't know if...
I do, but I'm not happy with the pic. Maybe I'll go re-shoot it. I went looking for the Victor German and Victoria Gvttica types after your post,...
Ugh...you never ask for the easy stuff. :shifty:
Looks like a cast replica to me - the devices are soft at the edges, even though it has a convincing relief. Also, the flan is just too uniformly...
Great coins, JB!
That is quite a collection. No ancients, though, but hey...nobody's perfect.
We smote a few Goths in high school, so I can relate.
It's impossible to follow Joe on sheer eye-appeal, but here's a very humble city coin with Cleopatra's countermark... Antioch ad Orontes,...
Tater is "taterthecat" - a guy on eBay who sells a lot of low-end ancients, but I've never seen a fake among his stuff. He's been on eBay for a...
There is a vast, literally uncountable number of variations on Roman coins. Official variations for starters, then unofficial ones as well....
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