I am not certain but doubt the coins were heated.
Septimius Severus Emesa mint FELICITAS TEMPO [ATTACH] FELICIT TEMPOR [ATTACH] FELICITAS TEMPO [ATTACH] I had a die dupe so I tried to sell...
All Spes reverse coins I have seen have the mark in the reverse field. All PROB marks are before the face while all NCAPR are behind except for...
No, I failed, it would seem, to convey the shape of the flan since all refer to 'heft'. It weighs about 25g. The obverse is quite convex. The...
This is where my coin worries me a bit. The vast majority of these are behind the neck but my Claudius is in front of the face. This die,...
I did not bid on this coin the first time around but when it showed up on the 'going cheaply' list, I sent a bid. I always wanted one of these...
My package of six winners arrived today with only 24 stamps on the envelope. Of the six coins, this was the most expensive and the ugliest. I...
I see more questions in their order than could be explained by any reasonable doubt. They must have pulled the names out of a hat. There is no...
Wherever you buy these, be careful to find coins that are appropriate for the prices asked. These are extremely common coins in poor shape. They...
I have posted the coin so many times that I doubt anyone wants to see it again. In fact, I'm not absolutely sure that this was the one but I got...
Don't compare the coin to al coins when it seems so obviously a bronze of Antioch using the type use by most emperors for the first 250 years or...
This is the ancient section of Coin Talk and people here (hear?) are expected to know something about history including the subject of this series...
The reform that ended the antoninianus came so soon after the elevation of Constantius I to Caesar that and of his pre-reform coins are a bit...
I agree there is always room for another thread where you show your coins but this is the ancient section so all coin show threads should be...
Denarius and dupondius with noses: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see it the opposite way. Your photo makes the most of what he (under?)described as "very sl scratchlike flaws in rev field". His photo barely...
This one is also as Augustus. The portrait is much too old and has a laurel wreath. AVT would not be found on a Caesar coin. The bottom coin in...
Geta Caesar fell in a period of relatively few AE for anyone. Septimius had a lot of bronzes in the first couple years but really cut back. I do...
Gordon Singer is a regular at shows I attend and one of my favorite dealers. In the last few years he has increased his Roman selection greatly...
I'm not sure which bothers me more: the complete disregard for significant figures or the mention of melt value for a coin like this....
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