I don't take the 'eyes' as eyes based on past experience with the critter like the one on my Caracalla. Bellinger, in his 1940 work on these,...
Galba is just one of several rulers with coins that walk the tightrope between official branch mint and not so official operations. Where the...
While it is possible for some people to collect only coins they define as perfect, that usually depends on their definition of perfect. Most...
I believe this is one coin that does need to be left in the slab. If it it the genuine mother coin, it needs to be told from the copies; if it is...
An exception to the rest is the 200th anniversary of Actium denarius of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. [ATTACH] My favorite parts of this...
My owl appears to have been swallowed and is still in the snake. [IMG]
Commodus as [ATTACH] Septimius Severus denarius [ATTACH]
The problem I have had is distinguishing between new books that will be worth having in the distant future and those that were not worth buying...
This would be a great service but I don't see it happening. There are too many professional sellers who stand to lose money that would not allow...
I agree with Z but I know I am too sentimental about my coins to do twenty or even two hundred right now. I would feel good if I could get down...
No, it is the same artificial rig I always use. Sunlight is great when you have it but hard to adjust. Artificial light is there when you want...
I assumed if anyone else had one of these, it would be better than mine. I was right. Mine was from Jonathan Kern. Not every dealer would be...
I don't see it as a East vs. West question but Early vs. Late. We have not had much shown from later period Western coins (Vandals or...
It is not cheating to accept help from Lady Luck. You also could have asked Deacon Ray for a hint since it is his sort of coin.
Note the label on your slab says Constantine the Great Era which is their way of saying unidentified late Roman coin. Yours is better than most...
Bargain is an opinion. In our contest, the cheaper coin usually wins bargain category even if the coin was $10 and worth only $5. Both of these...
Aah, we can dream. It looks so large in the photo.
What is that lump after SEVERVS? While true, I have never understood why this is true. I would think builders of something like that would...
TRIED TO HIDE, BUT... [IMG] Scale is hard. Is it a Nero sestertius or as? The lips could be Viteliius but the letters look larger. How far off...
While I like the two owls, I also like the fact that Athens used a variety of owl poses that could help distinguish denominations. Most of these...
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