If you are going to compare portraits, it does no good to look at Rome mint coins or those struck as Caesar. There are Antioch coins that are...
I only have one 'confusing' coin. It is a small 1/5th follis? and had little room for enough letters to spell GAL. How many mints made Galerius...
Anyone answering a question on patina authenticity from a photo, even a good one, is making assumptions one way or the other. I suggest investing...
I guess this means that the trade goods items found in the US and Canada previously thought of as American Indian artifacts but actually what they...
That flan is the result of blanks poured in an open top mold (perhaps stone?). The taper allows them the be removed more easily. These are...
That pretty well sums up my feelings on the matter as well. I might add that weird extends to wanting an MS67 for twice the price of an MS66,...
David showed the more scarce of the two Judaea seated coins. In the other and more common she is not tied but sits holding her head in one hand...
On the other hand: I have not seen the book and now I may not. That will discourage the publisher from putting out other books and contribute to...
As you can tell by the number of us who have the type, it is not terribly rare and reasonably popular. It is a good choice for a first coin. I...
Not quite. I need E with Jupiter and I with Apollo but am not inclined to pay the price I have seen them offered. Good! I don't need...
[ATTACH] Neither does mine.
We have seen a great set of denarii and a nice set of sestertii. My set is not complete but is made of middle bronzes (as or dupondius). Nerva...
Technically speaking, Aurelian is on the reverse. The Antioch mint was under control of King Vabalathus and the officina letter is on the reverse...
The Tiberius is by far your finest photo shown yet. I would suggest it is time to learn how to combine the two sides into one image file but your...
I would suggest investigating to see if Pontif Maximus was a title that was conferred only on a certain date (like Consul) or after a formal...
I have always wanted a sestertius of the type but seem to be destined to have a pocket full of asses instead. There are many variations on these...
Coins with short flan mintmark loss can often be IDed by finding matching pediments. I agree with your PT reading. My favorite 'Maxentius'...
This is much better than our previous work. I might like the reverse to be a bit lighter to match the obverse but this is quite good as it is.
Your 'good' article is heavily biased toward the interests of those who want to make coin collecting illegal. One tool they want to use to...
Congratulations! I have had two, both in 2014 on subjects only remotely ancient (a coin show and modern Russian wire money) and never had a 'Best...
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