Thanks. That is a very good looking coin and worth well into four digits, IMHO.
It seems to me that the only person hurt by this is the consignor and, since I do not sell coins through CNG type houses, it is good for me. Lets...
I tried on several occasions to get interested but failed probably because of the completely different mindset required to collect Chinese coins....
Wow, Bing, you have a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Illegitimi_non_carborundum
I'd like to see the C magnified a lot. It appears to have ragged raised edges that look silvery rather than coppery. To me the style looks...
I understand the others showing no great market for rough and ugly coins but Aiden's denarius is off center but IMHO has better style and is worth...
Ordinarily each April there was kindergarten registration for the Fall crop of 5 year olds. (This year was different.) I used to volunteer that...
Other issues like this Philip add OYCIAC to ΔHMAPX ЄΞ before YΠATO. [ATTACH]
Victorinus / SALVS AVG [ATTACH] Next: the legend says SALVS but the figure is someone else
From the pre-reform I-O-BI set: [ATTACH] From the issue in his name by Carausius: [ATTACH] A post reform follis marked with the alloy XXI from...
I agree that it is a very nice coin. I would suggest you not remove it from the slab since a portion of the price covers that service and people...
I do have a fondness for coins with 'faults' that make them more interesting (removed countermarks, holes with wire or nails remaining and now a...
Yes on the man; No on the mint. Try again remembering that Greek did not use the letter C as a hard C but rather as a variant of the letter S so...
I had not heard this but it makes a lot of sense since any evidence that the family supported Antony would not be a good thing under Octavian.
I fear we make a major error with the statement that Septimius has many beautiful coins. Yes, he does but 194-195 was not a high point for the...
Years ago I bought my first incuse reverse coins from Southern Italy. Both were the most common tripod types from Kroton. Both were faulted and...
Like I said:
My new arrival is a coin I have been wanting by a person I consider interesting for several reasons. In the first century BC, pirates operated...
Many coins of Phokas were overstruck on earlier coins. The appeal to me of this one is that the undertype is identifiable. Phocas year 4...
There is one other 'problem' you may encounter. Acetone will also remove some types of 'filler' materials used to make rough pitted junk into...
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