What study or evidence established that these were ancient?
As I understand the matter, the problem with these coins was the dificultly producing two dies with the exact same curve shape. If the obverse...
Since the boys did not share the title Caesar at the same time, you are more likely to find Valerian II in somewhat miserable billon and Saloninus...
Great photo, Ken! The lights on your copy stand were put there for copying flat documents not coins. I suggest removing them and using 21st...
The series with the dot is in RIC volume VII Ticinum #22. It is listed as a relatively rare minor variety which explains Wildwinds not having...
It really hurts to see so many new posters to this group showing coins that are the worst level of tourist fakes but it is getting to the point...
I'd suggest shooting the coin on a simple background near the color you want in the end. Avoid a color that is present along the edge of the coin....
I have a guess. Someone owed it and realized it was a keeper so they did not sell it for 50 years or so. There are at least three people on this...
The super close shot is really excellent. It would help to see the overall shot with the background as shot. You need to take care not to remove...
I would appreciate it if some specialist in these coins would post a clear example of this AE17 which was overstruck (on an Akragas, I believe)....
I'm confused. The only Septimius Severus on this thread is a flipover doublestrike with all the doubling you can get. Below is another...
Not jealous but I know the coin from its x6 days. I could not convince myself one way or the other if the two strikes were from the same die...
I have two tetartera that demonstrate a problem with so many such coins. The first one has clear legend at the left of both sides while the...
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=385653 Tiberius Ilercavonia-Dertosa Spain
A different obverse from the one shown by Jay GT4 has what I'd call the old style nose. [ATTACH]
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm The above explains diffraction and even has a calculator to demonstrate...
While I value the number of coin photos available today I would say 99% of them are so poor that it is hard to tell everything about the coin I...
My Peroz drachms are of the type with blundered king's name at reverse left. I have never found one with the M or the date in this position....
Using the dimensions of the Guardhouse 50 slab aluminum boxes found online, I determined that my collection would fit in a space of only ~175...
I missed how the coin was misattributed by the seller. What did they say about it? Like the Probus not flagged to be EQVITI, many coins are not...
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