I'm going to quote myself from FORVM on this coin... I haven't collected one of these denarii yet, but it's certainly on my to-do list. It's a...
Interesting observations. I've done very well with BIN/best-offer listings. The 99-cent no-reserve auctions are a sure way to lose money, as far...
Here's Dafne with a similar shape... [IMG] Does this Aurelian have a sprue, or is it a random protrusion? [IMG]
Here's a coin that exhibits a pattern I've seen quite a few times. As the flan was broken off the sprue, some of the flan cracked off, at the...
Well as you say, it depends on the series, and the mint. Early Nabataeans exhibit no sprues at all - in fact, they had adopted the...
That is a very handsome set, Doug!
The last coin in this lot is another ant of Gallienus. 6. Gallienus, c. 218-268 AR Atoninianus, 20mm, 3.9g, 6h; Antioch mint, 266-268 Obv.:...
I suppose it depends on your personality. I could never buy a lot sight-unseen, because I have absolutely zero gambling interest. The one time in...
They're not rare at all. Most flans were cast in terracotta molding trees, and whether the sprue is present or not depends on how carefully the...
I wasn't aware of that Chris. Thanks for the clarification. Horses, zebras? Nonsense. It's unicorns I tell you!!
You can't really know what it's made of without an X-ray fluorescence analysis.
I wonder if the crude style suggests that it's a contemporary counterfeit, akin to the barbaric imitations of Roman coins. I would expect a modern...
Heh - that would be sweet. How would you go about determining the authenticity of a 16th-century replica?
Looks like pewter to me, which would be the likely choice for a counterfeit.
The group of targets really isn't that small. If you collected a type set of circulating mint issues you could move on to proofs, and then the...
Lol, no, not in the least. I tried it, and part of the issue was my poor eyesight - I can't see half the things the variety collectors talk about,...
I don't collect modern world coins, but I can certainly see the attraction in the variety of types. One of the things I like about my collection...
Today’s coin is a common ant of Gordian III, but one that I haven’t collected yet. As you can see, there’s nothing earth-shattering in this lot at...
Outstanding acquisitions. Congratulations on the Hostilian cherrypick!
That's a super coin, Doug. I've seen the AE3's at prices I could stomach, but evidently the AE1's are scarce enough to cost hundreds.
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