Did any of you watch Heritage's Platinum night last week? They had only a hundred or so ancient coins. Many were estimated too high to begin...
Hmm, curious. The sceptre looks more like an epee, with the "globe" being the bell guard.
Ro, are you buying most of these sestertii from the same person? They all have a certain look about them... patchy dark brown patina with...
"Red. Follis", meaning "reduced follis". At various points in history, the follis was reduced in size and precious metal content. Welcome to...
Wow, nice job!
Roman Republicans are fantastic! It took a while for me to warm up to them but now that's the first or second section I go to when new auctions...
I thought I had an Augustus/Rhometalkes but I must have given it away. I should get another one :D
Wonderful coins, @red_spork and @Ancientnoob! Ptolemaic coins from Kyrene are "on the list" :D I have only one example from Kyrenaika, a...
By coincidence I posted this coin in another recent Maximianus thread at the same time Mat was posting his new thread. This antoninianus was...
Excellent!! I love coins with toning in the crevices :) Which release method did you use?
Great timing :D
In going through some old mixed lot bronzes, taking photographs, I found another Maximianus. The obverse is fairly nice; very tidy legend,...
Hmm. Maybe I'll send my coins to you for cleaning :D.
I'd leave it alone as well. My cleaning attempts rarely improve the coin.
Happy birthday, Martin!
Barbarous? Really?? Maybe I'm just not attuned to the nuances of LRB portraits but I'd never have thought this was barbarous.
The images are larger but aren't any better in terms of resolution. You buy and post so many coins... perhaps it's time to buy a camera? They...
Go to acsearch.info. Type in the search terms "Septimius Severus denarius, Mars". Do the same thing in CNG's archives. Do the same thing in...
Yep, plus there are certain control marks and styles I prefer. When combined with a certain quality level, finding the right coin at a tolerable...
Solid example, Shernan! I have a very thin, reticulated, and fragile Eion. [IMG] MACEDON, Eion 460-400 BCE AR trihemiobol; 0.74g, 12mm Obv:...
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