I have two,too, but for different reasons. The first is a particularly graphic example of the Stannard scoop weight adjustment which we have...
Trajan Decius had a semis over a century later. [ATTACH] https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=22346 Nice ones are not common.
This series is a goldmine for countermarks. My favorite is the Ba'al bull [ATTACH] but the Janiform head is OK, too. [ATTACH]
It is refreshing to know that there are some among us who would be able to walk away from a Secret Santa present of the below:...
We might ask ourselves why we buy a coin. That is my life story. This one is a type I lacked but I have couple others that are similar. It is...
My example is a two dot. How many officinae were used for this type. Have we seen all? I have not. I would not call LL a spelling error unless...
Listen to TIF. She would not steer you wrong. I liked the original coin but I think most of these are overpriced for the grade lately. There...
I'm sure the coin had a very confusing, thick multicolor patina and it would be hard to know when to stop scraping it away without making the...
I always get a kick out of the coins like your Rome hut where the encircling legend intersects the field design. It appears the N was cut in the...
That is a well marked coin. My favorite of all my c/m collection is the owl that was swallowed by the snake on this AE18 of Pergamon. [ATTACH]
My third damaged goods from the show is a travel coin but not what you are thinking. Understand that I do like Hadrian's travel coins and my new...
If you did not read the entirity of the second link Curtisimo posted above, you should. There are a lot of reasons there why some of us prefer to...
Numa Pompilius and Ancus Marcius on a denarius of C. Censorius, 88 BC. These come with quite a variety of minor symbols under the horses but, as...
2/5 in NGC's book. https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3989003-002/Non-Numeric/ The seller said he removed it from the slab. That may have been a...
The great advantage of ancients is there are enough different types to satisfy a wide variation of types. Yesterday a very old friend (long in...
Average condition is a pretty meaningless description. The price difference between a basal, very recognizable one to a world class beauty is so...
One could make a great specialized collection of coins with portraits that look like the predecessor. Otho was a Rome boy. I doubt Antioch knew...
Most Janus / prow asses bear generic faces but Sextus Pompey issued this variation with the features of his father, Pompey the Great. At least...
The Richmond VA show yesterday was staffed by the usual suspects who brought more coins than usual or at least coins I could tolerate. Today is...
I have no idea. I do know that this is not the only type that has a small figure that comes and goes and that mints seem to have used some codes...
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