The flan cracks don't look convincing either. They look fairly smooth and filled rather than jagged or crystallized. If authentic, is it a very...
Thanks for the compliment, IOM :) Regarding Nero's reputation, I suspect he was not as terrible as popularly portrayed. As for his coins, I...
[IMG] Nero, CE 54-68 struck in Rome, CE 63 Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate...
...and misspelled too! "Under Neat that". www.cakewrecks.com is a fun site :D
The letters A and H on late Roman bronzes tend to look the same-- A looks like H. I think your coin's legend is DNVALENTENIANVS; Valentinian II...
JA-- I love your new coin! Some type of provincial with Telesphoros has been on my perpetual wish list. You nabbed a nice one :).
I bought one of this type a couple of years ago. I like the coin but honestly don't remember bidding on it! The invoice arrived and I do...
Thanks! Here's the carpet shot (immediately after receiving this coin and while showing it to a friend, I dropped it. Half an hour later it was...
That's a fantastic little coin! I have a Greek silver in the ~5mm range: [IMG] MACEDON, Pangeion region Uncertain mint, 5th century BCE AR...
Looks like it is probably a nice coin but its difficult to see any details in these pictures. I'd like to see detailed images to understand the...
More duplicates. Roman Imperatorial era, Mussidius Longus denarii featuring Concordia and the shrine of Venus Cloacina (Sewer Goddess). The...
It's easy to make a case for keeping both the Pompey examples, for the reasons you stated. The reverse of your newest Pompey is the best I've...
Yes, the owl/hippocamp sounds like a Phoenician fractional (Tyre). Looking forward to pictures of all three!
I should assemble a gallery of the coins I've lost to CNG user "Clio". To be fair, on many I was not the first underbidder... there were other...
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