Merged the duplicate threads.
Quite the comfy domestic scene. I'm envious of the fireplace.
Yes, I've seen it on jetons and seals and such.
Jeton? But I don't know of many uniface jetons.
This was my thought as well. A seal of some kind, perhaps?
If that was directed at me, I'd suggest asking somebody who actually knows something about bracteates. ;) I'm still uninitiated in that area,...
I can see why you're a bit shell-shocked from the Nero denarius experience. I've still got a little lingering PTSD myself, from those photos!...
Well done. I infer that there's some slight overlap between the aureus and solidus denominations, then? I like how many of the lines kind of...
Egan looks a little like an anteater from that angle, with that long snout! LOL :hilarious: Great pic. I'm a cat person first and foremost (as...
Indeed it is!
Lovely. I like those pastel traces of iridescence. Hopefully the flyspeck at 3:00 on the obverse is inert. I don't think I ever completely...
I think that's where the rims were worn or ground down, exposing the zinc beneath.
No Serapis for me yet. :(
Tumbled too long in a dryer, most likely.
Most, though admittedly not all, of my ancient coin purchases have been based on the portraits. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Oh, yeah. Here's another that I sold and then bought again several years later, with the coin passing through a few different people's hands...
Nice. I've "gone back" several times, and many's the coin I once sold that I wish I could have back. I was given this piece in 1992-93, and had...
Interesting piece. Maybe (just maybe?) there wasn't anything on the other side to begin with. Perhaps it's a uniface striking (or casting,...
The book isn't about coins. It's about Elagabalus.
Nice post, and deserving of its Featured status. Here is my Edward I "Longshanks" penny, which I dug from a farm field in Essex on my 2013...
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