That was a special lion coin. In addition to the features you mentioned I see a portrait that seems intermediate between the two common Trajan...
All I have is a Philip I Damascus AE25 ram too worn and wooly to be cool. [ATTACH]
The face is Hadrian and the legends read Hadrian but the spirit of these early coins really reminds us of Trajan. I always though of Trajan as...
I have many coins of Septimius Severus but few are sestertii. This one has the reverse of the three Monetae. [ATTACH] I have always liked the...
Bing is obviously losing it...and I say that under the definition he set forth above.
Forgive us but some here remember helping a newby before only to see the coins posted to eBay at exorbitant prices leaving us feeling used. I...
I only have two. John I meliaresion and John VIII stavraton. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have lived in my current house for 13 years. Some of the lightbulbs in overheads have not been changed in that time. When I do have to change...
Be careful when buying BMC that you get the one you want. The links here give the Greek Coins books while the request here was for BMCRE which...
Not quite yet. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html Read my page above and rethink #2. Another point of ID to consider: When...
RIC, RSC and old Sear all have more than one edition out there so you need to know what you want. I like the line drawings in the 1967 edition of...
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/charles_davis-44/search/all/0/Default.aspx?store_search=roman+silver+coins&store_between=0&store_between_and=99999...
I would make the reverse just a bit darker to match the obverse. I am currently on a kick favorint lower contrast images of silver coins but that...
This looks like a coin for someone who owns RPC volume I. I do not. Sorry but I have no idea.
I remain bothered by the idea that these coins are 'worth' any specific number. In some circles, a rare coin is worth no more than face value or...
That Julia reminds me of the Caracalla from that period with biga of oxen. I have to wonder if the die started as a Caracalla reverse and was...
The theory as I understand it is it is relatively easy to draw a wire to a certain diameter and clip pieces of equal length so all will weigh the...
I'm with Steve. There is a big difference between buying any and everything and buying coins that speak to you. Along the way I have traveled...
Please, lets call him Ivan the Misunderstood. Compared to his peer group he was not so bad. OK, he was hard on the nobility but they were no...
I think yours is a kopeck Ivan IV as Tsar. Ivan's more common coins are smaller denga as Grand Duke and have different legends. Centering makes...
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