Wolf and twins of the Urbs Roma type. High grade might be too much but something like this might work. [ATTACH]
To me it looks like BMCRE 675 (plate 67,1), RSC 929b which. apparently, is not in Cohen or RIC.
While it seems obvious that they are the same coin, that alone says nothing about the coin being genuine or not. To me, the main point is it...
Ordinary silver with scrapes and polished spot obverse right. [ATTACH] Fourree with 18 or 81 in red paint. I would really like to know the...
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=299991 This is the gold aureus which your coin copied. If you look at the chipped edge near CAES on the...
Coins of Marcian in any metal may not be rare but nice examples certainly are. Faults and all, I'd call this a keeper. All I have are AE4's...
Roman Silver Coins by Seaby lists the type for Vespasian noting most are fourree and probably ancient forgeries but there are genuine Eastern mint...
My favorite Otacilias are her Antioch mint antoniniani [ATTACH] and the hippos from the 1000 year celebration. Of course someone bought the X6...
I'm sure there are coins I have not posted but they are not ones that I could write up reasons why I like.
Your definition of 'highly reputable' is considerably different than mine. Those who sell 'improved' coins without proper notation deserve a...
True. Unfortunately my finances do not allow buying the bunch of them but Steve has many exceptional coins which should look a great deal better...
I like doubles but many of mine are similar to the ones shown. Is it OK to go to triples? Commodus, Isis and Serapis - AE28 of Flaviopolis...
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Since you brought Billy Idol into this, here is a Mone with no T from the 'Emesa' mint. These mints had a lot of die variations. [ATTACH]
There are problems with being a Carausius fan. You must get over standards of quality commonly applied to most specialties. His earliest issues...
If there is anyone new wo has not seen my page on these: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html [IMG]
Such a shame. The coin has no wear so was probably a bauty when it entered the soil. Mine has a lot of wear but suffered less in the loss and...
I'd agree but the style is horrid. These would seem good for jewelry were it not for them looking nothing like the real thing.
This post is intended to be of some value/interest to beginners even though neither of the coins discussed are something I would expect to be a...
A hoard found under a 70 year old tree makes me wonder if it had been found earlier and reburied under a sapling so it could be found again hoping...
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