My link above makes the statement: "There are coins with obvious errors like “IIX” for “XII”." I'd like to see their proof that IIX is an error...
The case demonstrates a problem common in the hobby. When you make a case or buy a blue paper folder, do you leave space for coins that will...
I remain a fan of the Eastern denarii but have no new ones to show since previous threads. Recycled favotites: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] There are...
Crawford is one of those names that have been elevated to a status where questioning him flags one as a crackpot. The RIC author group...
Weight of individual coins seems not a concern under Decius. They vary a lot. It might be interesting to see a study testing alloy to see if the...
Fourree is the only way I will be getting one of these unpopular Brutus coins. I can not believe what fourree EID MAR denarii sell for so I won't...
My Quintilianus is distinguished by a clear name reverse left and the reversal of the E denomination. Compared to others I have seen that face...
Those are both wonderful coins! My octopus is a fat 0.8g junker which once spelled out the city name on the obverse. [ATTACH] From Syracuse,...
RIC page 124 (vol IV part 3) assigns TRA DEC to Milan along with the TRA DECIVS coins. My only TRA DECIVS is harder to read from being overstruck...
You got my hopes up expecting to see TRA DEC's. Here are a couple of TRA DEC's. There was a time they were assigned to a branch mint but someone...
My transgression was this Carausius common Pax overstruck on a Victorinus common Salus. Why did it have to cost more than either parent?...
This is another example of a coin I would avoid because I don't know enough to separate the non official mint worker 2000 years ago from the one...
I have to give up when experts believe that proving one thing about one coin proves something about all others. One coin or a thousand made...
[ATTACH] Each country has its own numbers. 'Balas' was the first Syrian (Seleucid Empire) while 'Great' was the third Macedonian. Best example...
That is some coin! It has facial details.
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