Mine is a different reverse an not as nice. The patina breaks sugest it is a dupondius. Congratulations [ATTACH]
You may all see what you choose to see but the point is that Apollonia used an A and a crayfish on their coins of the larger denominations. If...
I was not happy with the first photo I did of my 5mm 0.16g tetartemorion of Apollonia Pontika so I tried again. It is a tiny, dark silver coin...
We have had many coins here from Amisos, Pontos, including the large and wonderful Headless Medusa type. There have been other posts featuring...
Instead of bronze, melt chocolate or other candy in the spaces for increased attention. Boil mother coins for cleanliness and use food safe mold...
My best Carausius is one of the AVGGG series when Carausius was trying to convince Diocletian and Maximianus that he was a brother emperor. The...
As I recall the question is asked by someone who bought a coin priced in euros. Knowing roughly where you are located would help produce...
I always wondered if this was a hobby interest or a practical matter by those whose fortunes and reputations depended on public confidence in the...
The coin is plated. You can see copper under the silver. That means anything goes. The rules are off when dealing with plated coins....
RIC, the real book, only lists this type with the B3 bust type (seen from the back) so I can only assume that the distinction is more clear on the...
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298596 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2781960 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3175008...
Never believe anything that Smith guy says. He is a total amateur and still buys absolute garbage by most standards.:troll: The point being made...
Years ago Frank Robinson had a bunch of these countermarked coins which he sold as pairs. One in each pair was a cast made from coins that were...
furryfrog02 went to Baltimore on Saturday. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-4-from-baltimore.326063/ I went on Friday. He took his sone...
There is no easy answer for ancients. Electronic toys would only help someone who knew how to use them rather like magnifying glasses. Listen to...
You are getting too good with coins that have hard to see details. Can you ID nicer coins, too? Cohen lists a Spes type which the BMCRE notes as...
Among the coins I bought in Baltimore was this rather ordinary 1st century BC AE22 of Elaiussa in Cilicia. Many Greek bronzes have Zeus and Nike...
I ask no one reading this post the ID for this coin here. If you wonder if you got it right, Conversation TIF or I. We would not want to force...
Friday I spent over 9 hours in a vanpool bus so I could spend 5 hours at the Baltimore coin show. It was a miserable rainy day but the show made...
I do not regret buying coins like that one when I was starting in the hobby but no longer have many of them. In the last few months I have given...
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