Agree. It is a real beauty. There is a lot to love in AE1. Mine has nothing going for it except it cost $14 in 1991 from Colosseum Coin. I did...
Are our Islamic experts comfortable with calling all of Sallent's coins 'Islamic'? While the matter of non-believers handling the sacred text was...
When you compare the metal and the workmanship of Shapur I and Valerian I, it almost makes sense who ended up whose footstool. [ATTACH]
Could one of our legal professionals comment on this statement? Last I heard, the photograph of an object is considered a separate artistic...
fourree and solid [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Well, I'd really like to win a contest but since I own no as or dupondius and have an aversion to posting other people's photos, I'll start in the...
Condition is everything on coins and this is a fine example of that fact. The Justinian example posted by Marsyas Mike is, IMHO, worth 2 - 4...
I consider the coin a decent example of the early type of this coin. I have several and would pay more than $60 but less than $700 for this one...
Hot glue works with a couple of warnings. Do not try it on a fourree as it will lift the plating. It is a mistake to remove the coin from the...
The question of the place of small coin dealers these days reflects the overall economy 'buy local' movements and people suggesting we should all...
The question is what is Abundentia pouring out of the cornucopia. Coins? Severus Alexander [ATTACH] Gallienus (where is it now?) [ATTACH]
The last has a sestertius version. [ATTACH]
While not a coming or going coin, this Septimius denarius seems more like the Hadrian travel series which also included an Africa coin. [ATTACH]...
Several Romans show a crab claw hand which depicts a way the hand was held with fingers together and curved opposite the thumb. Does anyone know...
I believe that was intended to be the edge of his cape but strike and wear have lost detail.
While unusual for other coins, the dies for these often show the glutes and calves cut straight down which requires shooting from an angle to show...
Somehow I doubt that the shape of her nose had as much to do with her enchantment as the fact that she was more powerful and more wealthy than any...
That particular fake has been posted here more than once before and really should be recognized by those who have been here a while. It would be...
This is a subject about which I feel completely ignorant and suspect it will take quite a bit of squinting at my less than the best coins to match...
Is the edge nick in the wrong place? I'm trying to find a good explanation for this rotation which might point to a two reverse die on one obverse...
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