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We might quibble on the exact number but I see 95% as about right as long as we allow for the differences made by various branch mint coins during...
Mine is not unusual, just facing left - RIC 282 page 187 (common). [ATTACH] Do you have photos distinguishing between heads Y and Z? I assume...
bare head right - It is hard to tell from the photo. That is why I suggest we all try to learn minimal photo skills. Does this one have a bare...
Marcus Aurelius denarius / Mercury (issued following the "Miracle of the rain") [ATTACH] Next: another coin associated with a specific...
Yes, everyone makes mistakes but the measure of a good dealer is how they handle mistakes. IMO, the minimum adjustment appropriate here would be...
No one leans on a column better than Venus. Julia Domna, AR denarius, Rome mint [ATTACH] Next: a figure leaning on something besides a column
At that period, coins remained in circulation a rather short time due to declines in weight standards and coinage reforms when old coins were...
Books are great but I suggest augmenting them with looking at the thousands and thousands of online images, too. IDing coins is important to many...
This makes the whole thing more fun. I am a bit amazed you found as many links as you did in so few coins - especially links to coins you did not...
When dealing with the Antoninus group, you will benefit from learning a few tricks. This takes time and practice. The only thing to do is...
My wife and I have been married 50 years but I have had these three coins longer than that. Two are Septimius Severus from 'Emesa'; one is Julia...
No. I have shown the favorites so many times that everyone has seen them to excess. Instead I'll post things more appropriate (posthumous)....
Syracuse AE hemilitron Zeus/thunderbolt and eagle [ATTACH] Next: a silver hemilitron of any city (extra credit for Syracuse)
If you are going to mix daylight and artificial light, consider buying a daylight balance light bulb.
Seriously, if you were writing a book, you would use this photo. Of course you would put it on the cover.
Nice is a matter of opinion but the Perdikkas of Macedon is a tetraobol. [ATTACH] Next: a silver coin greater than an obol and less than a drachm
Keep looking, compared to most rulers of the century there are more Claudius portraits that look a bit impaired in some manner. This is a bit...
Would someone lie to offer an explanation on how we came to the name Severus II for this ruler? We don't count either Septimius Severus or...
I have always wanted one of these but know I never will. Most are rough; few have even two letters of Noah. Of course I would rather have one...
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