My copy arrived today. It was new and shrink wrapped. The seller offered a discount on multiple copies but I have no idea how many he has. When...
I suspect the man on the street had a handle on how to tell one king from other recent ones but I have no idea how you could study this given the...
When weight standards change, the desire to trim down older and heavier coins and restrike them with the current design seems plausible. It is...
To my eye, the zumbly and Terence Cheesman blanks were both caused by the same 'two blanks stuck' situation. Both show the same raised area where...
Probus 276-282 AD mint of Cyzicus (CM) [ATTACH] Next: a coin bearing the initial of this mint in Greek (K)
I have never been clear on how we should draw the line between a portrait and a face of a god with features resembling the person in control. I...
For the record: Some people here are a lot older that I am and a bit older than that fine fellow in the painting. I am sorry if your beard fell...
I'm glad Ken pointed this out because it relieves a bit of my fears triggered whenever someone offers something for nothing. Certainly I agree...
I am not accustomed to buying high grade coins that show minute details of the engraving process so I took this opportunity to take some close ups...
Others have shown oots of this type so all I have to add is a bigger photo. Magnentius, Rome mint AE2 [ATTACH]
Please, someone in on the joke tell me why this thread makes sense when it has no original post. Did the original poster delete it or did a...
I never thought that much about rarity on the Septimius AE. I have always favored denarii from the first years (civil war period) so I wanted...
If the first post is deleted for whatever reason, shouldn't the whole thread go?
Caracalla as Caesar / Sacrificial impliments (bucranium center) [ATTACH] too late for Bucranium so here is a Messana rabbit litra [ATTACH] Next:...
My latest is a gold over copper Michael IV 1034–1041 [ATTACH] My latest silver over copper is Basil II 976-1025 but has no silver left. [ATTACH]...
Severus Alexander, Antioch, Pisidia [ATTACH] Next: Wolf or other canine with only one human (no twins)
Maxentius / Dioscuri dismounted, wolf and twins between Ostia mint [ATTACH] Next: Ostia but not Maxentius
Thank you very much. I would still be interested in comments on whether the coins were minted in Rome or if the obverse dies were supplied from...
Winners all! Whose is the Deultum (Tranquillina, I hope!)?
I do admit I would prefer paint. I would never think of removing these numbers, but I paid less fr these coins than I would have had they been...
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