TIF may be half right about my wit but if you clicked on her link to her collection in her post above you may wonder how all those magnificent...
Ptolemy and tray are both good looking.
I always suggest we do as instructed by TIF (she tends to know best). If you do, you will discover that CNG has sold several of the type with the...
My Syracuse octopus AR litra [ATTACH] is really a lousy example of the type but the smaller hemilitron [ATTACH] has hair styled much like yours....
~4mm thick
The mail came through with exceptional service today dropping off my latest new coin. This is a 24mm 12.88g billon tetradrachm (or bronze if you...
Auctions vary in rules so it is important to read any materials offered stating the terms. Some are more well written than others. On potential...
If your camera has no exposure controls either for manual exposure or to boas exposure toward underexposure, you are stuck with shooting on gray...
Those Laodicea Julias are really beautiful. Yours is a good one! There are several styles. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have nothing to offer in Vespasian looking like Otho but there are certainly Vitellius' with held over features. [ATTACH]
I am no specialist but these coins show I have been mistaken in my analysis of the denarius below. It has PM so should be later than the OP coin....
Brockages are more common from light weight coins than large bronzes because the latter tend to fall out of the dies more efficiently. My example...
zumbly posted my page which shows my best brockages BUT I warn that the page shows more examples of clashed dies than it does brockages. The...
TIF's is bigger. This is only 46mm and 90g [ATTACH]
The only thing I really feel needs to be added here is the fact that these are very popular and expensive coins and that has made them popular...
Considering that you are willing to spend the money for gold, you might be happier with sestertii than the silvers. Some sestertii have...
My horse is bigger but my rider is smaller. [ATTACH]
Overlays are more impressive when there is a larger centering difference. The obverse below hardly shows there were two coins. [ATTACH]
Unfortunately, not all fourrees are as obvious as the one below but I do not think Sallent's coin is one. To prove me wrong, you could cut it in...
This barbarous tetradrachm illustrates that being off center can go poorly as well as well. [ATTACH] Not all will agree on what is a good...
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