The other little one is just a tad under 5mm but thicker so it weighs 0.11g raising the question of what defines the smallest coin. It is from...
Thanks. I had no reason to accept Phokaia other than the dealer flip so will switch to Teos until I have better reason not to follow the CNG ID....
Today I went to the Richmond VA coin show. Two of my favorite dealers skipped this show but will be in Baltimore next week. That meant I spent...
You know as much about these as I do. I'm not sure how I ended up with two of these. Things like that happen when you have too many coins. As...
I would really like to have a scale that could be calibrated using a weight other than 100g. I can not help thinking that those of us with coins...
Every little detail counts. The emperor is Licinius. See how many questions you can generate regarding the coin or the man and see what you can...
There are price differences that make no sense on all ancients but I think it might be worse on Alexandrians of the earlier period. Mine is a...
I am a bit surprised Sphinx sold a fake but the only way to avoid this is if the two coins are the same specimen. If the Sphinx example was sold...
Thank you very much. The NAH was a dealer ID. Tom Mallon's site seems to match the WYH ID but includes the note 'Mochiri's NEH; Mitchiner's NIH...
TIF is right but failed to say why. Many Roman and Byzantine coin legends end with PF AVG or Pius Felix Augustus. You have AG. Byzantines cut...
I like your pile. It reminds me of my wallpaper image which I faded out to make icons show better and trimmed to work as a tiled image to repeat...
That is a fact. Even the better examples often would show half detail on the better side. If you look at enough coins you might find one you...
I give up. In the past many CT posts have listed honest dealers by name but we still get repeated post from people who prefer to ignore our...
Perhaps it is too late but the first thing to learn is that sellers of absolute junk late Romans often use terms like Constantine era to mean...
Yes, there are hundreds of Pius drachm types and many relatively dull types compared to the interesting ones which tend also to be the rarities....
I don't know the justification either but have always heard the trefoil is Maurice [ATTACH] and cross is Tiberius. [ATTACH] However my examples...
I have trouble mustering up sympathy from those who bid knowing the items are fake and the fact that no one outbid your 1/10th value should have...
OK, all those who got this 'joke' hold up your hand. RSC lists this coin as the only one that comes in VI but that listing is copied from the...
Earlier IMP dated sestertii were more likely to have the PE-RT split and it is common to have lost the numerals themselves so all we can do is...
Long term members may recall when I found my Valerian. I wonder how many pairs were made and how few still exist. Now we have two heads, someone...
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