I am also interested in this answer. I bought volumes I and II but never did the rest. Books and collectors have to choose between being reverse...
Never buy coins from Etsy the online seller of anything. Feel confident in coins from Warren Esty aka Valentinian on Coin Talk and a...
While it is hard to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, it is no easier to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse. Photographing poor coins can...
Gold plating also exists with silver cores. [ATTACH]
IMO, Sutherland is worth the price paid. Carson is the first of three volumes. The second and third cover the Principate and Dominate splitting...
Seriously, I do not like the portrait style with the lips stuck way out past the mustache or the granular encrustations but the provenance is a...
Thanks. Several of the online coins make the ID of the horsehead obvious.
How many dies are the with the 'horse' head? Was that designation based on this die or are there other reasons for this name being applied to it?
These two statements seem to conflict. If the coins were made to serve where there was a lack of the 'real' thing, there is no requirement for a...
I agree with the opinion expressed above that the large, thin flans would make Sasanian fourrees less profitable than would attract many people....
I was once told that there were no plated Parthians but I discounted that expert since I had one of Mithradates II. I will note that the very...
When we select our Arados staters we have to decide what we will give up since very few have all of the design. I picked this one with most of...
I strongly suggest anyone with interest in plated coins read the Campbell book on them. I suggested it when you had to but a hardcopy but now it...
Mine came from PeteB in 1998 and is RIC 293. The way I read RIC, 292 is code Ia which is a head while 293 is code Id bust right. The code chart...
Almost no ancient coins have survived above ground for the 2000 years. Those buried in pots or lost in the dirt require cleaning. When there are...
I don't believe anyone mentioned that this version is also found for Decentius. [ATTACH]
The term follis and many other words we see regularly are applied inconsistently by people depending on which experts they have read and believe....
All of the common Caligula types come in versions mentioning Germanicus and others naming him as grandson of Augustus (DIVI AVG PRON). I do not...
curtisclay is assuming that there was 'intent' so there could be variations or errors from that norm. My belief is that dies were made and...
For the record: I still believe that the situation included at least one travelling mint (either with Septimius or his army when they were moving...
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