Also allow for die movement or minor doubling and cleaning/smoothing here and there. I say it is the same die. I'm only wrong half the time when...
I have two Parion hemidrachms but neither is fourree. Both came with no drama but one has a bull. Considering your story, I am not sure which is...
The coin you show is nicer than mine but it is not the coin you describe. the photo: [ATTACH] Felicitas: [ATTACH]
Because we call him Claudius Gothicus I always wanted one of the DIVO CLAVDIO GOTHICO coins. Of course I would have preferred one with the...
As we age, many of us experience unpleasant changes that affect us in various ways. I'm not talking about when my hair turned gray but when my...
All ancient aurei are 'rare' to a point compared to most collectibles. I wonder how many examples exist of some of the more common types....
New Zealand? Free shipping over $100 would seem the way to go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_toilet The Wikipedia article says that Vespasian charged for using his toilets but that is not the story as I...
Yes, that is the problem some of us have. I have photographs made many decades ago by a 'art' photographer who hogged a huge view camera miles...
I know I am no fun but ask we all consider the effect of framing and hanging original old prints in offices. This is especially true if the...
For the record: Those things are hard to photograph and show detail on both sides. Of course many of the examples seen don't have much detail on...
Those a bit farther East are invited to join me at the Virginia Numismatic Association show in Fredericksburg. I plan to attend Saturday. We...
Many coins of this period were struck on flans too thin to fill both dies and transfer detail. These are not worn coins. Mine are on very broad...
Very interesting. The idea of mints set up to pay taxes to a central authority is exactly the opposite of what I always assumed but makes great...
The coins of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) are only slowly appearing online but I hope to live to see those posted reach Julia Domna...
Few things are 100% reliable or 100% anything else. Lets just imagine that your scary method worked on a silver coin but the one you were trying...
Faudtina II had peacock coins, too. [ATTACH]
I know nothing about Nikon except that they have had more than one style mount so be sure you buy an extention tube or set that works and retains...
Coins with the mintmark PCONST or SCONST are Arles rather than Constantinople. For a short period the city was renamed after Constantine II but...
I am interested in hearing what features of a Class I reverse make one coin better than another. It is rare to find any of the types completely...
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