There is a problem with coins bought 'in person' that is not as severe with online purchases. When you suffer buyer's remorse because you decide...
Rhodes, AE27 c100BC Dionysos / rose [ATTACH] Next: a coin that does not fill the requirements of any 'Next' in this thread in recent pages...
Good start. This type does not always come so well centered and with clear legends. It needs no cleaning (might benefit from toning with time)...
I agree with the 'too many' problem but there is another issue at play here. I am not a mathematician but sometime in elementary school I was...
What could be more interesting? [ATTACH] I see nothing about the hemiobols that would make me even slightly interested in either.
Why did we skip the zumbly request from the previous page?
One of my problems is that I tend to find something cool about too many coins. We each make a decision choosing to look at a coins faults or at...
I was happy to see your angle shot. These early Thasos have design elements cut pretty much straight down rather than gently sloping as with bas...
Today is election day here in Virginia where I live. If I can campaign for a couple more votes, I could finish here with half of the total votes...
Of the Septimius Severus legionary denarii. Legion XIIII is by far the most common numbering as many as all the other legions combined. This...
I have seen Romans with iron under copper but never lead. A triple layer silver over copper over lead would be deceptive since the weight/size...
Five good emperors on four fourrees: Nerva [ATTACH] Trajan [ATTACH] Hadrian brockage [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius / Marcus Aurelius [ATTACH]
There are many variations on these. One of yours has X on the altar. Mine are barbarous. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree with the Deacon Ray suggestion but you might get a Sasanian of a lesser king (most common is Khusro II) for half that. My personal...
It is not Roman. I believe I see a Seleucid (Greek) bronze but am no expert in reading coins in good shape let alone like this. Right of the...
Yes, but...... The same thing goes on in ancients. We peons don't see the transactions for the finest coins. I own a $300 coin where the finest...
Can you show examples of heavy jitals Tye 1 or 2? 4.24g [ATTACH]
TIF is 100% right on this matter. Specialists get their pulse up when they discover a dot in a slightly different place and some of them have...
Does anyone on CT have a genuine medallion? I recall Paduans and aftercasts but have we a real Roman?
Ancents do not have the equivalent of a Red Book where you can get even a rough idea of the relative cost/value of any coin. As a result, their...
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