By the time I saw this thread today we had six inappropriate posts ignoring shanxi's request for a Domitia. I don't have one but it would be nice...
They did! Thank you for the good thoughts. My unsold pickup was passed over, I suspect, due to the ragged edge which wrecked the goat horns....
I hope it wasn't the same one I ordered from the unsolds. :shame: As an exercise, I look at unsolds and try to decide why no one wanted them.
I can think of no reason to encourage the sales of his book.
I have previously shown these two coins which I feel sums up the problem as I see it. Which is the better coin to retain for my collection? I...
I would say that is absolutely ridiculous were it not for the fact that almost no coins are listed by dealers graded 'Good' (AKA not good enough...
There are somewhere between two and two million opinions on the grading of ancient coins. Some, like Ras, merge wear, corrosion and all other...
When I think of Nathan Elkins, I think of his activities to end the private ownership of ancient coins:...
Mine have not yet arrived. I am sure Frank has an order for sending out invoices or coins but some also depends on the mail service. Someone has...
Black is usually defined as the absence of light. Without light, there is no image. If you just add more light to black, the object stops looking...
We each will decide what feature is most important because coins that are strong in every regard are not all that common. Obviously portraits are...
What is a reasonable translation of TEO? It would seem a bit close to 'God' for use by a cleric but I could see 'His Holiness'.
There was a time when I was much younger that we threw pennies in well used photo fixer (containing a lot of silver from the images it had fixed)....
Four from Arles: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Probus of Siscia [ATTACH] Next: any bust but Probus from the back
This was from a $5 pickout pot at a show but I had to pay for parking so it would be about $6 all-in. Anonymous Pagan AE4 time of Maximinus II...
Clean it carefully. It looks like a keeper. Billon can be ruined easily. David Sear says in SGI that this is the only Provincial coin issued in...
You are too modest. Your photo is quite decent. To improve, I suggest looking at it and deciding what about the coin is not well represented and...
Separate names with a comma.
