Nice dupondius size Postumus seem harder to find that the big ones. Most are either barbarous or very ratty looking. I had one years ago and...
You can do all the research and professional write-ups in the world but I will never be able to wash out of my brain the identification of this...
Licinius II and Constantine II were both quite young when these were issued. I always wondered if the official propaganda of the day played down...
I don't think there is a single answer. It would be necessary to look at each coin and decide what is best to be done. This coin looks a bit...
The glass paperweights remind me of my wife's collecting hobby: bells. She only collects bells that were made for ringing and avoids things made...
No. You are being legalistic and not rounding off to a significant, whole number. The fact that the tetradrachm was given as 17g. suggests the...
I find the style and proportions differences on the temples as shown on the sestertii posted here quite interesting. These are the same coins but...
A recurring problem in numismatic studies is when collectors or even scholars feel a need for a name for a coin and apply one that strikes them as...
This is a general request not just aimed at this thread: When a thread has several pages of replies each with an opinion or side subject, we need...
While I fully agree with TIF's point on this I just see this as another problem we can't let bother us too much because we are dealing with canned...
Mixed bronzes: Nerva dupondius hands [ATTACH] Trajan as shields [ATTACH] Hadrian dupondius Salus Publica [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius as Mars and...
Gordians can look much better for a reasonable price. They had a lot more silver than Valerians. Both were mostly copper but there is a big...
I can't recall a Valerian I am sure was silver washed as opposed to just surface enriched but there are Gallienus sole reign coins I believe are...
I suspect the difference between those two coins can be attributed to things that happened after they left the mint. Different soil, different...
This thread seems to ignore the fact there wee two separate fake groups with similar reverses. The link Ed gave included the line below: "This...
My point is that I value provenance that sows the coin was 'good enough' for a person I respect (there is a longer list than you might believe)...
BTW: Those not on that Facebook group can not see what was posted there so it needs to be repeated here if you expect much participation.
This is a good example confirming the Clay theory since the letter shapes (especially the last GG) do appear to be from different dies as would be...
PeteB is certainly correct. This is a Selge. [ATTACH]
Later Valerian is about as poor billon as coins got before they started silvering them to make them look silver. The coin has little wear and no...
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