I vote with the herd. Leave em be
I'm with Mat. The second has more eye appeal possibly because of the breastplate, but I like the detailed reverse better as well.
Nice Pompey. [ATTACH] SEXTUS POMPEY; GENS POMPEIA AE As OBVERSE: MAGN above laureate janiform head with features of Pompey the Great REVERSE:...
Excellent information and background. Oh, and coin as well. Here is my poor man's example: [ATTACH] C. EGNATULEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS...
Ya gotta stop. You're killing me with all these nice gold coins.
Yeah, well, when I was a young-un we used to walk uphill 15 miles to school everyday, and 15 miles uphill home every afternoon in waist deep snow....
It's a four letter word that begins with s---!
As I said in the other thread, I have my doubts because of the seam.
After living in other parts of the world where haggling is expected for much of my adult life, I find I'm always trying to haggle no matter the...
Provincials can be some of the most interesting coins during this period. Too many Roman coins have the same reverses over and over again. Kinda...
This one doesn't look good either. Is that a seam around the edge? What is the weight and dimension?
As I've said many times, there is something about a worn coin that just is plain pleasing. Knowing it probably circulated for many years before...
This was a gift a few years back [ATTACH] ROMANUS III Follis OBVERSE: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind...
I don't collect these, but this example would make me think twice. Amazing coin.
I sometimes have to wonder what the non-roman engravers saw in Roman coins. Many have a very hard time passing for anything like the originals....
Wonderful example even worn as it is.
I don't dismiss it out of hand. If it were mine, I would want independent confirmation and not from an image. If you like it, want it, to be...
It definitely should. The confronted busts are amazing.
I don't like it either. From image alone I would say fake. But the fact remains that YOU have your doubts and thus will always have your doubts...
@zumbly love that SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS with JULIA DOMNA Ӕ27
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