Since this thread was revived, I'll admit one more fact. Unlike Andrew, I have no lower limit when we are talking about a coin in my specialty...
Perhaps you should edit the text submissions and reword what was said so some don't sound like a retired college professor. Too, good,huh?
It is a little bothersome that a coin this clear would be mistaken for an Antoninus Pius by anyone selling ancient coins. I am never sure where...
While I refuse to follow the trend, I do see an advantage to tiny cameras and phones. You can get away with smaller and weaker stands. dSLR's...
I did not post this immediately because the coin is so similar to the OP but it is not a die match. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Julia Domna / Venus Rome mint die clash pair A pair like this shows the error is damage to the die and not a restruck brockage which would be very...
Constantius I has interesting coins from start to finish: as Caesar, / Providentia, Lugdunum thunderbolt mintmark [ATTACH] Posthumous / eagle...
http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced Did you look on the site above? Using their search takes practice but they have a lot of coins....
I did not post the front and back images on purpose because they might cause folks to color their thoughts about the edge. I will post them after...
Sometimes I question whether it is necessary to pile on all our examples of the same coin but I do enjoy seeing the differences that make every...
[ATTACH] This post drove me to get out my similar coin purchased over 30 years ago and examine the edges. This is what I saw. Remember that...
When it comes to crowded temples, I think of Maxentius. Roma, emperor and captive. [ATTACH] Next: A temple with someone in front rather than...
$20k Canadian won't buy all that many coins in the big-dog coin market which I assume will appeal most to people with multi-million dollar houses...
Perhaps you will when you try to sell the coin. I see the 'after' item worth much, much less than 'before'. I am not a specialist in aes grave...
I am not a fan of the theory that we should call coins in the name of Postumus from one mint and time when a lesser official was in charge of that...
Judging ~2000 year old metal by color requires a lot of allowance for what happens when any copper alloy spends all that time exposed to a variety...
That is some portrait! I fear sometimes that we suffer today from bias in our sources with people painted too good or evil from bias as much as...
If you want a book, read Harl: https://www.amazon.com/Coinage-Economy-Ancient-Society-History/dp/0801852919 We have to realize that some...
Mine are the same old, same old ones shown here before. The best one looks like flames rat her than clouds below the chariot but I have no idea...
Persian 1/3 siglos type II 510-486 BC [ATTACH] Next: a Greek fourree (Not Roman, Not Provincial, Not Eastern)
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