The photo shows characteristics that would make me want to see the coin in person before being certain of it being genuine or not. You might...
Might it be easier to consider the case of eBay offerings from Cyprus a place where guilty until proven innocent applies (even on July 4)? The...
Start with row 2 seventh from the right. What is hat one with the protrusions? Also realize that this is the Ancients section and most who might...
What happened to London? Lets get back on track with a good leader (Diocletian, who still made the bloody list provided) for whom coins were...
'Special' Trajan Sestertii are, as you say, not really rare but most I see are well worn. They must have remained in circulation for a long time....
Pescennius Niger, Antioch, 194 AD VICTOR IVST AVG [ATTACH] Next: any other Victory with modifying word - not just VICT(oria) AVG
A common misconception is that freebee giveaways are the same as freedom. This unofficial Severus Alexander bears the legend LIBERTAS and a figure...
Try lighting the whole room and let light come to the coin from all sides. For such coins, I often use my LED ringlight (D in my photo above)....
I have never been clear on when the system started and how it related to price. Nails were expensive when hand made but not that expensive so I...
Years ago I saw an interview with a rather old man whose sole job was to review Maryland vanity plate requests and refuse those with IERDA level...
It really is not fair to compare a denarius issued under Septimius to a Caracalla period antoninianus. I don't follow prices on this late period...
On some, the reverse figure does look feminine. [ATTACH]
Me, too, also. [ATTACH] It just struck me that I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how many brockages of Septimius or 'Emesa' exist. I have not...
The major change I have made since then is replacing the tube of black foam with an inverted black plastic flower pot. I found that it kept more...
It has been years since I stopped gathering fourrees but I still have too many. Perhaps someday I will get a solid one; perhaps not. [ATTACH]
I continue to maintain that there is no such thing as 'the' way a coin looks in hand. If you do not like what you see in hand, move the hand. If...
Sorry, next: A coin of very young ruler
Excellent Photos! Lately I have been experimenting with ways of throwing a little light on the dark side edges of the coin to improve separation...
I have never seen one with that much robe detail on Apollo. It seems odd that the design is nothing like mine with robe detail. [ATTACH] My S...
Caracalla Tomis 4 assaria Dioscuri seated [ATTACH]
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