It is always possible to remove bronze disease and the continued existence of the coin requires it be done but what you will be doing is more...
Your coin has one of the best Christ faces we have seen but is weak from insufficient flan at the top and edges. When you read the links, you...
"CLEMENTIA TEMP" is the common reverse found on a coin I consider special and worth adding to any collection based on technical matters. Tacitus...
It took about a minute to find this so don't click on the below until you try. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-11642
Many beginners start with Constantine and family which are reasonably priced in good condition. I suggest you start off with slightly better...
The ones I have seen have been mostly the same style (therefore date) and high grade. Can the market absorb that many coins in that grade? In...
gsimonel is correct with no doubt but this poor coin has a lump of crud behind the head that looks like it could be the ties of a wreath. Wreaths...
Justin's whole post is great but all interested should study his excellent photos of the G=6 matter. I'm not at all clear on why they used 5+3...
As I understand the matter, professional moneychangers operated a lot like they do today. You could trade in your coins of Nicopolis for local...
While I have severe questions of anyone who mistakes these for sestertii, the medallic asses of the Severans are a special interest. For that...
Did you notice that all of TIF's added coins and #2 are significantly different from your other five in a way other than the missing cross? Is...
Since more than one liked the Alexandria Domna, I'll show two more that are different and mention the one I don't have that I do want. From...
The majority of the Provincial coins have a reverse legend that names the issuing city/province. The big exception is Alexandria which assumed...
There are denarii with this type reverse but they have Latin legends rather than Greek as on the OP coin. [ATTACH]
This is Constantius I not Constantine I whose Latin spelling was ConstantiNus. Every letter counts! In RIC, the officina does not change the...
I have been using Photoshop Elements for some time for postprocessing/combining my coin photos. I would like to learn to use Gimp for the same...
Hadrianopolis, Septimius Severus, AE28 [ATTACH] Alexandria, Julia Domna tetradrachm [ATTACH] Nikopolis, Gordian III, Hermes, AE28 [ATTACH]...
I believe we need a Juno and a wolf. Both are sestertii. Julia Domna [ATTACH] Philip I [ATTACH]
I agree but the reverse is as crude as my Phraataces to the point I would have guessed incorrectly had the obverse not been shown. Is this last...
Looks perfectly normal to me but I don't know enough to be certain. If the thng behind the head is a bird, it is Phraates IV but if it is Nike, it...
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