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Very good. This is a Gallus but they com for Constantius II as well. The face left of the L belongs to the horseman.
Very good! It is the year date from a Ptolemy II tetradrachm year 34 over 33. [ATTACH] #2 is not a countermark and from what is shown could this...
Every now and then I get an urge to try making photos with a very old microscope that I have had since college but it was vintage then. Looking...
Two rare falling horsemen: Decentius does not exist as a falling horseman and Magnentius is very rare. [ATTACH] Many emperors had a problem...
Your barbazoo out barbs my barbazoo: [ATTACH] I always like an excuse to show my Indian tribute penny. I enjoy the fact that you can tell it...
I can see how the name Flavius Valerius Constantius could be hard to remember especially if the cutter was Latin as a second language. It is an...
This is where we disagree. Anything that draws investors to the hobby who do not care to learn about the coins but price young people out of it...
I had never heard of Catawiki. Is a coin appearing there more or less meaningful than eBay?
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I do not like the dead on front portrait. Most of these online are 3/4 or even slightly to one side. The number of dead on Greek heads other...
Considering my coin was $6, I can't see spending anything to get one slabbed but we know we don't agree on that one. Being extremely rare does...
Is this Oea a case of the submitter dictating what they wanted on the label? I would have thought it was a case where two coins were swapped when...
Curious: What did the NGC label read for strike? It could not be 5/5 due to the head of Nike but you are right that it is a good looking coin...
There are those who can't think of any other reason to keep a coin in a slab. Slabs are for selling coins to people who want slabs. Those of us...
I was taught that Historia Augusta was about as reliable as the average historical novel. Of course I was also taught not to accept any work of...
This make a great deal more sense when the person is identified as a particular Pharaoh rather than a generic head. He was a god of great local...
I really like that one, too. Of course I seem to like all those Rhodes bronzes. I have shown both of mine recently but those who don't want to...
Is a coin showing an NGC error really worth less than one corrected? I guess this error is not severe enough to attract the people who would be...
How much do we know about the economy of pre-Ptolemaic Egypt? Most of what little I have read focuses on religion and afterlife. Were merchants...
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