Nice Probus. It hurts a bit that no one else cares enough about what I consider an interesting sidelight that they even mention it when a...
Two winners, IMHO. We will be anxious to see what will be next. Did you see these?...
Reverse seems to be F. Halstead at top and H. J. Coop, Esq. in the middle. It was made out to the Hunter Furniture Company promising to pay $25...
I see surface dirt on top of silver. The coins below are plated and show recessed base metal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I wish I could agree with that but.... Common, cheap bronze coins have to be exceptional to make it into the lowest level of big auction houses...
After the delta is a thick I and another of those dot like o things. The K is pretty clear but it goes downhill from there. Below is a year two...
I felt lucky to ID this Bithinian coin. If you want to play, see the AE17 picture. Answer is in the link below:...
This thread also illustrates a problem with the photos we show. Few of us show scale. Alexandrian tetradrachms decreased in diameter gradually...
A tip: The letter omicron was often made more like a dot than an open circle and often preceded a V in a word we would not used the leading o....
+1 There is so much that can happen when you bury something in various ground for long periods of time. It is so much worse when you add the...
He has more than one book. Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic is great but so very dated since it came out when the Internet was in diapers and...
When I think of Nemesis and the snake together, I think of the common Claudius denarius. Unfortunately, mine is fourree. [ATTACH]
A problem with these pile on threads is I can't remember which coin I showed last time. Macrinus has many variations on Provincial portraits and...
Anastasius. Arcadius was an earlier Roman Emperor. It is interesting that you both have the same coin with weakness in the A under the large M....
I most definitely have what would be considered a bad attitude about 'attributions' to show on Coin Talk or other online venues. I do not copy...
Perhaps we might consider these an addition to FH1 through FH4 and invent a term for Roman the veterinary services shown. "Vaccinators?" I'm not...
That is a great group. It does, however, raise the question where we should stop calling Eastern coins 'Greek' and start using hedges like...
Copying a rare and expensive coin requires you lay hands on a real one. People who won't spot a cast fake are not likely to pick up on the...
This half of Antioch (Sear 230) from year 25 is unfortunately well centered but since the obverse dies used for these seem to have been made for...
While I am not at all well schooled in any 12 Caesars coins, I feel less comfortable with Claudius than most because of the percentage we see that...
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