I only have two sestertii of Titus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you are going to mention him, you need to show coins. Ala-ud-Din Muhammed Khalji suffers in the eyes of collectors compared to Nero because...
:angelic:I have completely changed my mind about storage. It is obvious that the only good place to store coins is in a jar. Not sorting by size...
My favorite coin of Nicomedia is this Macrinus AE30 which I bought from PeteB over twenty years ago. While it is only a Ares standing there, the...
If you play it right, the two can meet in the middle. The old saying is, "The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys."
While it is unlikely we will ever meet face to face, I have felt honored to have known you both in the Coin Community days and since the boot...
There are two other factors I feel should be mentioned. One is when a coin is thin enough that there is not enough metal to full both dies...
The answer here makes all the difference. If they are ONLY giving this information when the book max has been reached, this strikes me as...
I am less critical of amateur web pages (like mine!) which include a few misspellings and even signs of imperfect scholarship in the desire to...
While I don't see the coin in question as particularly round, round is the normal shape from this mint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It certainly is a great coin but not FDC. There was a time that FDC meant unimprovable but now some people can accept loss of legend due to...
I believe the examples of reverse wear were from dealer cabinets downtown in large cities where subway tunnels shook the buildings pretty much...
Otho apparently was not known in Antioch since the portraits there are considerably more handsome than those from Rome. Mine is an AR...
If everyone bid wat was honestly their MAX there would be no raises. The problem I see is the merging of mail bids and live bids since the two do...
I collect Greek and Roman for the most part. In these, there is a relatively small difference between prices for minor differences like letter...
While I am far from expert enough to have an opinion on the matter, I do believe that many good coins have been ruined or destroyed because some...
When you yell fake, you need to state why. I hope it is not just because the coin is not worn and corroded. What problem do you see? Did you...
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