It would be tempting to try for a set from the several mints used for these. I have very few. Beroea left [ATTACH] Antioch (eagle on leg of...
It should be mentioned that there are RR coins where the dies were numbered but not paired 'for life' with a broken reverse die replaced with the...
I feel you were better off losing. For the money, you could have bought 3 or 4 better coins including a Florian if there is some reason you want...
I believe we err whenever we make 'final' decisions when we don't have the full information. I don't count on waking up tomorrow until I look in...
Exact dates are difficult in the 6th century BC but the town of Sybaris was destroyed in 510 BC so these are in the running. Many archaic Greek...
On this Trajan drachm of Alexandria both Eirene and Homonoia are named. [ATTACH] I would like to see but am unaware of a Provincial with an...
Certainly making an ID from a cut quarter is more a matter of luck than skill but some we win. This farthing is from King John issued by moneyer...
Among my Byzantines, most notable for this thread is this Heraclius. The shape is not so bad but those points are as sharp as a chain saw. I...
I commend NGC for their attempt to give people a feeling that it is not only about wear by adding their two /5 ratings. Al's two Trebonianus tets...
Both types also come in a version for Constantius Gallus. I have even seen these sols as Vetranio's even though Gallus did not come on the scene...
That I did not know but it answers my question about the portrait style. Alexandria has Domna coins with the late portrait starting part way...
I think PeteB saw a rectangular altar rather than a funeral pyre. Should this one be consigned to a professional cleaner?
High grade Alexander tets are always available. High grade obols are not. Some aes grave are thicker than some tets are wide. It reminds me of...
1/3 nomos of Metapontum, Lucania, 509-465 BC [ATTACH] Next: Another silver coin of an Archaic Italian city other than Metapontum or Rome
I see nothing I would clean without risking exposing something worse underneath. I wish more coin cleaners would subscribe to 'First, do no...
Antoninus Pius drachm / Serapis in temple [ATTACH] Next: another animal you don't see everyday (no horses or birds)
The Martinian is clearly a delta and not a D but many of us use D being unprepared to put in the Greek alphabet.
Was this sold as an example of what I feel is the best die break in ancient coins? Compare it to mine. Boehringer 703 (v345/r481) [ATTACH] You...
I agree.
About 30 years ago I wanted a 'real' Vetranio. I find it upsetting now as I did then how many dealers peddle coins of Constantius II 'issued by...
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