I generally have found that coins on which a 10% discount would make a difference on whether I want to buy or not end up being coins I will soon...
I'll guess it was gilded to pass as an aureus and nailed to the wall by a merchant who foolishly accepted it or took it from a customer. Did the...
May I add that Elymais drachms are common and low priced. Under no circumstances should you consider removing the coins. The item is worth more...
I only have one plate coin from Sear Byzantine 1262 of Justinian II [ATTACH] unless you count Late Roman Bronze Coins by Failmezger. Since he...
When I bought mine, I had not yet learned there should be a legend under the owl. Had I known that then, I doubt I would have bought the coin....
Sometimes we buy coins that are more than just questionable just because they are interesting. Mine was $6 and billed as a fourree core. Most...
I am generally slow to accept changes to theories based on flimsy theories and consider the replacement of old city names with Antioch to be in...
Where did the style of the hut originate? Hut coin? Manuscript? Were both copied from another original from an earlier period? Manuscripts of...
I wonder what happened between the time of what I would call reasonable Trajan legends and the 'lets see how many letters we can cram in period'....
Not really. The matter shows how little I know about the Antonine period. To my unskilled eye, the coin looked 'different' but it turns out to...
Thanks. Seeing several coins makes it possible to decipher the BMC listing better. My coin has a letter spacing unlike any of the BMC examples...
Flipover double strikes are interesting but the harsh cleaning has not helped. Maybe it will tone with time.
If you are like me and don't like to download things like that from the Internet, you can search acsearch for Magnentius fel temp and find it,...
Excellent photos! All seem the same color and general appearance. Were they all from one hoard?
I have shown my better Tiberius as too often but below was my first ex. Grant Edwards about 30 years ago. While far from beautiful or high grade...
That is a particularly nice reverse! What is the noise on the obverse left? Is it overstruck or oddly cleaned? Mine was seriously mishandled in...
What happened to post #1?
There is an old CT thread where we each showed ours. I bought mine on eBay from a family member of the original recipient because I wanted the...
Good work showing how it helps to have many coins that are the same to show what is different and why! Few care for this sort of study but it is...
I could not find what I considered a full match. I will be interested in seeing what you say.
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