For the record: When I see a post with only one side of a coin shown, I tend to suspect someone is fooling with us trying to make us look stupid....
I think that is the big point. We all see these things from our own perspective. My top choice is #4.
Am I reading this correctly that the fakes were made from original modern die engravings rather than poorly transferred copies of genuine original...
My Spanish coin is mite older .... OK a millennium and a half or so. Castulo, AE22 1st-2nd century BC [ATTACH] Next: a Spanish coin from the...
I am happy the coins found their way to a home where they can be appreciated. This dynasty is not one that had become a specialty of mine so I was...
You will see occasional references to the weight series referring to a comparison of the current as to the full weight original coin fraction....
I think that is the big point about many of our coins. They have so many ways of being special and we each value different ones in our own ways....
https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx I was pleased to discover that the online posting of the coins in the...
You know you are dealing with a special breed of fake when they use a genuine ancient coin in it's production. I believe most of these fake...
Buy better lights. Ancient coins without colored patinas do tend to be a bit dark by current standards but the light brown ones you might prefer...
My coin is an as with broad flan. 27mm 8.26g. I assumed it was used in the ceremony when Geta became Consul. I have posted it here on CT...
My coin was first posted with my question about its strange surfaces (a question never answered). I did not bother to search for the link but...
Iceni FO12 with horse [ATTACH] Next: a fourree coin that is neither Greek nor Roman (not Provincial; not Byzantine)
All photos require a setting for 'color balance'. Our eye-brain unions do all this automatically but cameras have to define 'white'. Some have...
Sol/Helios/Oriens is always there to brighten the day of the ancient coin collector. Constantine I AE3 [ATTACH] Rhodes AE27 c.100 BC [ATTACH]...
The practical purpose of the cross on English pennies was to guide in the cutting the coins into halves or quarters for change. This one is...
If you ask what the V on Victorinus means, you should ask what the P means on the Postumus. Can it be that simple? I have seen many good silver...
I see no wear on #7. The coin was struck very unevenly with a glancing blow. Sev called it a weak strike but there was nothing weak about the...
The Decius is of course my favorite. I got mine long ago and am always watching (in vain) for others. My 1998 page:...
Also, that Hieron is as pretty of this type as I have seen. The large coins were not always so fully and evenly struck and this one has nice...
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