Not existing is a problem as bad as being long out of print and unavailable. These are reasons we are lucky to have online resources --- not to...
I got a lot of good out of the Sear Greek books but you need to realize one thing about the books. The author attempted to list a few coins from...
Each die was an individual work. Some series were very consistent about legend splits while others were random. Even the regular ones will have...
Sikhote-Alin shrapnel with some surviving remaglypts would be my guess. Did the seller ID it? Meteorite photos need to show all sides, like...
Rare coins that are not available in highest grades don't appeal to people who recently moved into ancients from supergraded moderns. Those who...
The chariot has to be assumed behind the four horses but the driver is clear on this Augustus fourree. [ATTACH]
Later than you expected? Gallienus AE28 Diomedes stg left Murex shell to right Tyrian purple was a dye in high demand produced at Tyre. This...
Fans of larger bronzes have several to consider from Severus Alexander provincials. AE30 Neocaesarea, Pontis / Prize urns on table year 171 2nd...
For a short time some of the Alexandrian tetradrachms of SA were struck at Rome. These are easy to spot by style and the date number being...
Now that you have proven that you can not joke on the Internet without confusing people..... The point here is that you asked a question which...
Similar but different cities: Corinth [ATTACH] and its colony Leukas [ATTACH] There were many other Corinth colonies that used the type: Next:...
A perfect example of what I had in mind! What is next?
Suggestion: Decide if the story behind the coin offsets the matter of the coin you 'need' probably being post-ancient. It would be a great coin...
Weak emperor; strong strike; excellent type. IMO this is a gold coin with more going for it than being gold. Really, though, someone could...
Using my above linked search resource, I discovered I had not posted the whole John of England penny of Willelm L. I bought last month to...
I know I am slow in matters of technology but I'm slower in remembering what I have posted on coin talk. I just realized that Coin Talk has me...
There was a time when the main advantage of macro lenses was freedom from distortion and color fringing. I worked with a 20x24 copy camera (took...
Years ago it was said "boys will be boys" to excuse bad behavior. Before that folks allowed gods special 'slack' in the rules of behavior and...
Obviously you saw the bearded portrait right since you got it right side up. You have nothing to lose destroying the coin by severe cleaning....
Septimius Severus denarius / Mars Pater The COS II coins were guessed to be Emesa by Mattingly in RIC/BMCRE but more recent scholars deny that...
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