[IMG] I realize Randy used the Failmezger book already but it is my best cover for this thread. The key to the cover coins as published in the...
I don't like to play favorites but I do like my Alexandria obol which was struck with the flat side of the flan on the obverse contrary to common...
Definite upgrade due to the placement of LEG II dead center. If it were off center in the opposite direction it would be junk but this shouts,...
Greek coins are expensive if you only can tolerate min state and large sizes but there certainly are many available for those on a budget....
Demetrius fought with bronze weapons? I was taught in school that fighting with bronze against someone with iron was like fighting with a banana.
It is unfortunate that we have the term 'transitional' used for the period between Archaic and Classical and also between Classical and New by...
I'm not sure it helps a lot in this case but I can see the thumb size depression on the reverse a bit better on this angle view. [ATTACH]
...and I: Constantinople [ATTACH]
I don't know either but that does not stop me from having an opinion. My observation is that many coins of secondary persons (women and Caesars)...
Hippocrates said many things that might be controversial today but the 'Do no harm' advice is a universal truth. When a coin already shows...
The upper is Nikopolis ad Istrum with the Apollo Sauroktonos reverse. I am quite fond of that reverse for reasons explained on my website and...
Nice coin. I have nothing to add except two poor photos of worse coins each having Verus in the name. This is common on early Marcus Provincials....
I don't think about it. If certainly genuine, I am not interested in the coin at that price. I don't know enough to comment in a meaningful...
Opinion: I do not see this as tooled but what you get from a very weak strike that failed to force metal into the deep parts of the die. The flan...
My auction newps included two Provincials which I bid upon mostly because I did not have them and thought I should. That seems like a lame reason...
Is Trajan #2 on your list following all the FTR's. I know my largest numbers are Septimius Severus and Julia Domna (I am a community property...
My favorite tooled coin is trying to be an Alexandrian tet of Zenobia but started life as a Spes as of Vespasian or Titus, I believe. What...
One thing that many new collector have trouble accepting is the fact that desirable ancients come in all grades from too good to be true to...
We each differ in terms of what we can and will pay but for $490 you should get something at least a little special. What makes a coin special...
Very few new collectors do so well with a first coin selection but now we are all anxious to hear what will be #2 and #3...... There is a...
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