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Oooh, nice! I don't recall seeing that type before :) I have a run of fractional ARs from Olympia: [IMG] ELIS, Olympia. 87th Olympiad, 432 BCE...
I have a handful of campgates from a group lot. Many are duplicates so they will become trade fodder. Most were from Antioch but here's one from...
This. Right there. This is why I can't muster up enthusiasm for learning about these coins. It's exasperating! That, and it's all foreign...
I agree that the obverses are all different. After playing around with the reverses in Photoshop (adjusting rotations, overlaying the reverses...
Here's another dot AΓ (ligate) and pentagram hemidrachm in a Forvm member gallery. I think it's a reverse die match of my coin-- and maybe to...
Heh, doubtful. If I were to chase one, it would be more of an "entry level" Caligula :D. He does seem to buy coins of all grades and conditions...
I'd like to have a Caligula denarius, but I'm not sure I want to compete with so many others who are likely more determined to get one.
Four links, two coins. The Rauch coin that sold for 360 EUR (Dec 2015) failed to sell in May 2016 (Fruhwald). It is now for sale in an upcoming...
There are at least twelve Caligula denarii listed in auctions which close in the next month or two. You may not find one in every auction, but...
Perhaps it's semantics-- or maybe just my lack of education on the matter-- but I think of corrosion as material subtracted from the coin. Horn...
I have one too and I've seen at least one other for sale recently so I doubt it is truly rare. There is also a forgery with this reverse. Barry...
So... unsurprisingly, it looks like NGC doesn't specifically mention horn silver on the slab. Some examples in which the presence of horn silver...
I can't imagine that to ever be the case, but can believe it possible for horn silver to not be a significant negative (as described in my prior...
I don't think that's an answerable question because of the great variations among the same coin types due to each being hand-struck using many...
On Vcoins I ran a search for "horn silver"; here are the results. I didn't look at each hit and can't say whether the sellers' reporting of horn...
Horn silver is silver chloride (AgCl). On ancient silver coins, it is sometimes seen as a dull gray or black tenacious deposit. I'm unaware of...
Read the article I linked in my prior post. Test cuts are discussed.
Charles, this and your other recent owl tet post have caused me to do more reading about them, so thanks :) Reid Goldsborough's article covers a...
:D I think a white background is the most versatile and practical. I simply prefer the aesthetics of a black background for my own records and...
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