I agree with TIF and believe more has been done to more coins than we realize. The problem comes when the coloring hides what else was done...
3.9g [ATTACH] Victory? Really? [ATTACH] Probably the best antoninianus for the purpose is the Valerian reverse bragging of his successes in...
I never found most c/m's I have looked for at least beyond someone assigning it a number but no information on who, what, when, where or why....
This thread demonstrates how these had problems with centering. Where are the ones off center the other way leaving the lion's nose on and losing...
Neither do I. I took Latin in high school and credit the vocabulary boost to upping my SAT score to the point I got a great scholarship in...
Yours is better. It really only has one fault worth considering. A little more T on the obverse would make a really great coin. As it is, it is...
https://www.amazon.com/Fun-While-Lasted-Rise-Fortune/dp/0786868643/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fun+while+it+lasted&qid=1562449731&s=gateway&sr=8-1 When I...
This is a perfect example of why lrbguy is right to be confused after 30 years in the hobby. Of the bunch, I would value the 2010 CNG coin as the...
While I am a firm believer in the al marco system, I am far from clear on how it affected the use and hoarding of the coins. How many (by %?)...
I see the Roman Republican system quite modern. Moneyers were able to contract out or manipulate weights, purity and workmanship to some degree....
Alexander III Ae bowcase [ATTACH] Next: Roman coin with Hercules that is not by Commodus or Maximianus
I would have said fish left with the psi above and the o below. It also makes the fish curve more natural to my eye.
Great coin of grandpa!
I feel guilty agreeing with this but I learned to prefer coins with no silvering when I was collection Probus. I know they are the way they are...
I only have the common ones but will point out that by far the rarest if you count mints are the Falling Horsemen shown below. Amiens [ATTACH]...
My favorite belonged to a young man who was impatient with slow drivers ahead of him in rush hour traffic. It read TI VUUM. When the car ahead...
No, all I know is the Greek word means brought in but whether that mean a tax or refers to metal source like the British silver marked Lima, I...
I have never seen the reading opopo but read it as beginning with a Greek phi ΦOPO which I would take as either coin or metal 'brought in' or 'in...
About the time you think you understand or choose to dismiss things like dots, you find other variations. I have about a dozen of these Septimius...
Sad but true. Coins are small and usually seen in poor light. We enlarge them 10-100x and shine bright lights on them bringing out everything we...
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