Does anyone know an online link that would help me read the PYE date on this Khurshid? I feel like it ends in 4??? 104 or 114? [ATTACH]
Warren (CT Valentinian) has a good section on these halfway down this page: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/RomeOfficina/Officina.html Rule of thumb:...
I never thought of middle bronzes as scarce. Sesterii seem more scarce (I have none). Mine are asses. TRP XXI [ATTACH] TRP XXXVII [ATTACH]...
GLORIA ROMANORVM was used with several different scenes by all those emperors. This is Valentinian II but not a hair dragger. AE2 Constantinople...
Get serious folks! We all know there are ups and down to all places we could live. Some get hurricanes, some earthquakes, some tornadoes and...
Good find. No Elagabalus sestertius is common. See if you can get a better photo to show off all that detail.
I don't see them selling for any premium but there are a few Clodius Albinus denarii dated COS rather than COSII indicating they were from 193 AD....
I hold the minority opinion that it would be better if US coin dealers did not ship any coins already legally in the US to countries who limit...
Many Larissa silvers including the OP coin and mine below show signs of crystallization so require care not to drop on hard surfaces. [ATTACH]...
http://www.classicalcoins.com/flans1.html The set of 8 pages explaining the whole process is worth reading in its entirety but some will fast...
I believe all these would have looked like the OP coin but were struck harder so more of the prep marks were erased. The other coins of this type...
You Florida folks have 'interesting' timing to be promoting the state considering Michael. Of course Florida is so big that it is probably sunny...
I assume you know that your Anonymous Apollo is quite a special type. Mine is the ordinary one with the swimmer on the obverse. [ATTACH]
While not all Hadrians are so wonderful, one could make a case for that reign being the peak of Roman die work. I always preferred Galba but that...
Randy, you are too modest, I'd rate you a full five troll expert. I was going to post the M but did not know about the gold one. NGC should hire...
My John I is 22mm and 2.66g. Relatively large? Clipped! [ATTACH]
What you call patina, I call tone. Perhaps the question is how thick a surface can be tone or how thin can be a patina.
As demonstrated by my BD survivor sestertius, there are things worse than wear for a bronze. [ATTACH] The copper as below joins the orichalcum...
I had noticed that and have no explanation. Mine is missing the head due to the countermark on the other side. The Stratonicaea coins more often...
I wondered what you meant by: "Have seen some just like this , but not exactly the same." All ancient coins including the Chinese cast cast show...
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