The Failmezger coin was a bit different in style and rated RR. [ATTACH]
I have known a specialist in these who had over a hundred and an excuse for why each was significantly different. Most people get one and then...
I feel Sellwood did the right thing basing his ID's on a number system like Type 33 leaving an easy transition to changing names without...
My best offer is the Mercury associated with the 'Miracle of the Rain' where Mercury was credited with a fierce storm that aided the Roman army of...
Among my favorite mintmarks are Aurelian's lion and dolphin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Don't miss the part that what we know of the matter came from two Christian writers more than happy to point out that rulers that persecuted...
For those new to the subject: Antioch at this period used a mintmark consisting of AN + the Greek numeral for one of their 15 workshops. ANH...
Nice one. You will find more with some rulers than others. Perhaps some mintmasters cared more than others??? Aurelius is not one of the more...
Marsyas Mike did a fine job pointing out why you can survive this error. If you decide to 'correct' it, the other Trajan also used a horse type...
A few of mine selected for reasons other than grade (all Gallus AE2): Clashed die Amiens mint [ATTACH] Trier AE26 (wide but thin - should this...
You did not say that Agrippa was OK so I'll just post this Augustus half dupondius from Nemausus. As a bonus you get the west end of an eastbound...
The coin was not in Reka Devnia but many rare coins missed that. It would be great to know the current location of the Ratto coin. An...
[ATTACH] It is a palm. It is amazing what we see if we look at enough coins. Unfortunately, it is also amazing what we imagine if we want to...
I agree with point#1 but the other three strike me as overstated or less important than other things you might have listed. #2 mystifies me; I...
One clearly marked as: [ATTACH] NEXT: 2 asses but must be marked in some way on both sides of the coin (crown counts). Lord Marcovan posted a...
IOVI DEFENS SALVTIS AVG is a scarce one that I would love to have.
There are many ugly coins at my place but this one has an excuse. It was my first Septimius Severus legionary denarius. I got it at a show in...
We can not see the coins but we can see sufficient evidence to suggest the coins are next to worthless. The holders are IDed with terms like...
Some but not all of these have devices left and/or right of the flames. Yours does which should help someone who knows the series add details. I...
I lose a lot of photos to dust. Sometimes I brush off coins with a camel hair brush but that is not perfect. Years ago I used a static brush for...
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