While my top ten of 2016 included my Fonteius which was purchased exactly for the reasons you covered, I believe my most research provoking coins...
The new edition corrects the image problems with the original 63-49 book and adds/updates material.
That is a nice one. Not all crows are equally crow-like.
Holes can cause cracking; cracks can cause breakage. The hole has a raised rim on both sides. Was that a sign of wear from what once went...
May we all have such success in 2017 that we are not remorseful that the post office delivered our final coin this week making it ineligible for...
Admit it: Wouldn't we all like to see Clio's post of his top ten? I hope he will have a book someday. I have only lost a couple coins to him so...
Judging from your comments, I suspect I would agree with most of your ten favorites. Yours are a rare combination of interesting types and high...
This one shows the magistrate name at the bottom but there is no way of telling which one you have so there is no more ID than what you have....
Looks more like Caracalla to me. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=840358
I know the late ones are more handsome but I suspect the real Domitian was closer to the guy on the earliercoins when his family resemblence was...
We always say these are Banker's marks but I am unclear on exactly what that means. It could be a mark that the coin was examined and found good...
Since the Greek NT reads drachma, this would seem to be without doubt but that is a denomination and we really have no way to know which coin of...
100%!
Lets take ten 100% genuine ancient coins and place certificates with them that attest to their being genuine. If that opinion is issued by NGC or...
It is not more desirable unless you are trying to fill the set or show that Antioch mint used more workshops than other cities. 99% of collectors...
I see this as a possibility. The reverse style is a tad more official looking that the obverse. Whether it is a stolen die or a better copy...
That first Antioch has style that looks a couple hundred years more realistic than what we usually see. Good group!
All are winners! At first glance I was not fond of the Pegasus and wondered about the style but then noted the theta (not T) for Thyrrheion in...
Agree. Do not even consider removing the coin. It would be a damaged item and looks as good now as it ever will.
Good lot but I'll be difficult and ask what made the Antioch shop 13 attractive to you? Was it that it was a high shop number? I have seen more...
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