Every so often it might be good to post a summary listing the London coins we still lack in this thread. I forget who was on the earlier pages....
Maximianus by Carausius / Hilaritas Avggg [ATTACH] Unfortunately my Diocletian by Carausius is off center losing the London mark so someone else...
I have a strong prejudice for the alternative obverse for these. C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P PRONepos identifies him as the...
Did our fourrees know each other back then? [ATTACH]
Anchialus, Thrace, Septimius Severus (early and later) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] next: a view of something from above or at a severe angle
I do wonder when these coins were found. There is no reason to believe that they are very, very recent or from anywhere near Athens. Large...
This little image from my denominations page might help. Note the US cent under the AE3 for scale....
The earliest of the croc coins show Augustus with a bare head rather than laureate. The croc on these is skinnier, long legged and has larger...
Unfortunately many of these were struck on small, chippy flans and fail to show the significant details that make the coins special. While most...
I really don't care if people like slabs and keep their collection that way but someone needs to do a post instructing them on how to take the...
I love that coin and consider it better than many I have seen recently for much more but many people in the high end of the market will not look...
When we met I could have given you a bunch of it but no more. Sodium thiosulphate was common photo fixer. It dissolved unexposed and undeveloped...
This is altogether over my head. I can't look into it today since we are working the Pumpkin Patch fundraiser at church but soon, I hope. What...
The nose fits better on bronzes but sestertii of Nerva tend to be high priced. That explains why I selected this dupondius of the type shown as...
When I was a young collector even more impoverished than today, it was common to see dealers with boxes of low end sestertii mostly worn but...
Yes! I see this as the most important part of the matter. When people with money patronize the ignorant or the dishonest, they further the...
The easy one is Constantine I. [ATTACH] Next: Constantine X or higher
I'm told that the image sent to me by a private conversation can not be seen by others. This is the coin alone. You'll have to take our word for...
This sestertius came to me 45 years after I sold my last coin of Didius Julianus. My first was pushing a point to be called VG but was smoothly...
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