I might be imagining things but the next to last letter on the left has a pointy top so I would guess (no more) it is an A rather than an O. That...
It seems perfectly within reason that some finds may have been 'mint bags' direct from the mint and all made the same day. From such, we would...
I know we always call them flowers but every one shown here has the same three prong shape rather than a flower shaped middle part with flanking...
[ATTACH] I'd guess several of us have one of these (without the c/m) and I admit I would like to know what attracted him to the coin. Maybe...
I prefer to believe, whether I am naive or not, that someone with Clio's resources would select a museum that would make proper use of the coins...
Die matches do add fun to some series of less common coins but rarely come up in the series most people collect due to the large number of dies....
I erred on this thinking the HADR placed the coin early. This was from a series in 151-152. I should have realized the obverse legend included...
The Probus was ex Frank Robinson in 1986. I do not remember why/how it ended up in the sale group. It probably was an accident/error. At least...
I liked the Faustina best. :smuggrin: Thank you for adopting her. [ATTACH]
The coin is not Hadrian but an early Antoninus Pius where he uses Hadrian's name as part of the obverse legend. T AEL HADR ANTONINVS
I have enjoyed playing with 3D printers at the local library and have made a few plastic replicas of museum files posted online using 'marble' PLA...
The Berk listing points out the existence of sulfur casts of the coin destroyed in 1831 making the die identification possible and going a long...
I agree all are fine but I can never accept the requirement of 'no postprocessing' when a small brightness adjustment could upgrade an image....
My question was why panzerman posted his coin to his own 'Next' only two hours after posting the request. We need the 12 hour rule to keep it...
Do all experts who have examined the aureus 'in hand' accept it as official and ancient?
I'll play. My most Archaic Greek coin is this Sybaris bull stater with the incuse reverse believed to be associated with the Pythagoreans....
...and that is the way of the world. I regret you had to learn that so young. :( All I ask is that you try not to be as bad as my generation in...
One time I was there Harlan Berk had a $10 pickout box but nothing struck me as worth that much. His regular stock started at $100 but nothing...
Two hour rule?
This confirms what I found when I tried axial ten years ago. Some coins do well with axial; others do not. In this case, I like the axial on the...
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