[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Are the above three coins from the same obverse die or just from the same artist/engraver? Who cares? I do since...
Die links are when one die of a pair matches but the other is different. 99.999% of the time both obverse dies will be from the same ruler....
We don't always have both of the two coins that belong together. This Valerian resulted when two flans stuck together an were struck together....
These two denarii of Julia Domna are die duplicates (same dies used on both sides). The first one is normal but the reverse of the second shows a...
Indeed there are many nice countermarks from this region. To me, the good part is how many of them were placed with a little care so they did not...
The coin was obviously clipped down from an A2 but long enough after they were current that 5.7 was acceptable. I would imaging a private party...
L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus gets a lot of interest from his rape and execution coins but he also issued a more ordinary biga type. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I have a Vijaya Bahu bronze which I had listed as VB IV but have no idea how to separate the rulers with the same name. Bronzes are a lot cheaper...
I have not had a lot of luck finding nice Lugdunum examples. [ATTACH] Check the horse tail on this one.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree with the unclear delineation statement but most you see will be 15g or more so A2 or 10g or less so A3. When you get one that is 12.5g,...
The reverse is Abundentia pouring coins from a cornucopia. See the B.[ATTACH]
Are we playing "Who has the worst Otho"? I'll enter my fourree. [ATTACH]
When I was a kid in the 50's, we had plastic models of airplanes put together from parts made for the specific item. Then they came out with...
I can't agree with the idea that Diocletian is mundane and see several collectible highlights in the pre-reform period. This certainly is one....
Excellent in many ways.
I consider the like on a post to be on the post not on the coin. If a post teaches me something or adds interest to my online experience, I am...
Questions like who struck what where are easy to find in Bruck which is a book every collector of late Romans should own despite the fact that it...
I'd call that the best tiny tunny I've seen. Second best might be that one on alde's coin but it really suffers from being crowded by big pig. :)
I was tired of cleaning up the garage so I decided to see what I could do to improve some photos of old coins. I selected three that need work...
Actually selling is not even a perfect sign of value. For example, I won some coins in an auction last month which means that I was willing to...
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