Every mint had their own standards and practices. Smooth edges were not a big thing at Rome in this period. I suspect these were struck a bit...
I see nothing particularly odd about the coin. Emesa did not see anything wrong with using female types for male rulers and vice-versa....
This is a good point. I love weird stuff but rarely pay a premium for it unless it can be classified as weirdest of the weird. I do, however,...
Not in MY collection! I do have worse. [ATTACH]
Julia Domna Alexandria 4dr year 20 (August to December 211 AD) Caracalla and Geta shaking hands [ATTACH] Two or more brothers
I'm with Pishpash. I believe both are fakes but I am less certain and really don't care about the Trajan. People who are 'quite new' should not...
I see no reason to suspect anything out of the way here. Die cuds happen. Proper photography would show such a coin to advantage. Roy's...
As you may know rather like Provincials and coins showing the boys together so I really like your new coin. Mine is a different reverse (Cybele)...
My smallest owl is this countermark on a Persian siglos. [ATTACH] Countermark
My only semis: [ATTACH]
Regarding size: Those who complain about small coins are the same people who insist on the cheapest uncleaned lots filled with AE4. Not all that...
I don't have the slightest idea what that route is.
I apologize for what was seen as pejorative. The intent was not to say people should not clean coins but that the first step in cleaning a coin...
You Tube is very centered on light and fluffy with their 15 minute time limit unless you upgrade. Maybe the best answer would be a separate video...
I have learned a lot about making videos for You Tube in the last week. The biggest thing I learned is that it is not the medium that best fits...
Again, for the record, coin cleaning as described above is a fun passtime for those who enjoy it and stress producing for those who do not. It is...
Sometimes we have errors that are errors but some are more signs that the mint workers were Latin as a second language at best and possibly just...
In addition to a normal one first below I have a cast made from a coin already bearing the c/m's. I bought it years ago as a pair with Bing's...
I have never understood how we verify statues. Perhaps we compare them to coins??? I consider the Caligula in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts a...
My contraption is the frame retrieved from a Durst M600 enlarger which I bought while in college c. 1966. The head and other parts bit the dust...
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