It almost looks like the diecutter took the globe to be an incense burner or some other devise. The globes are always decorated (but wear off...
Having coins evaluated for strike and surface is an extra cost service. Many without it are bulk submissions of common coins simply not worth the...
All these are a matter of opinion. My one with the best surfaces has a terribly flat strike. We love our homely children also. [ATTACH]...
Let me be the first to say I really like #1 and #2 but wonder if they are separate coins or if you will be showing a double strike giving credits...
I see no doubt that this is a Stannard scoop and I'd call it a nice one. It shows clearly but really does not destroy anything terribly important....
Two Herakles but all grown up and fighting lions [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I know I am slow since I do not live online but I'll post since I have a hardcopy book on this. It is #37 in The Ancient Coins of Central Asia by...
I do collect Parthians and would rather you didn't. They used to be cheap when I got most of mine but Fred Shore published his book and doubled...
The Kent book Roman Coins illustrates and gives weights of some similar but earlier pieces. They tend to be referred to as a multiple like a...
While I appreciate the clear photo and calling it Limes, I really do not recommend buying coins of this nature. I lack the certainty to tell the...
$900 a ton seems fair.:p Remember this business model does not want all of us to buy, only one. He may seem a bit extreme but the whole idea of...
This is not Byzantne or a coin of any type in my experience. The legend CONOB is only appropriate for a gold coin but this looks like brass....
I think you think correctly and I don't want just any clash. I am not trying to collect a set of coins but simply observing that clashes for...
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. M. K. Gandhi" At least,if we live long enough, perhaps we...
I fear this entire thread will be counterproductive if it causes any reader to believe that the diagnostics discussed will provide a concrete...
This was an interesting coverage of past theories by scholars, many of whom I doubt looked at the coins as much as they presented their knowledge...
Great bull! You rank high on Santa's nice list.
I'll predict he will not accept that offer. It depends on what you and he see as reasonable. Neither of you mentioned what I consider the more...
I apologize for posting my cast fake Probus to this thread before the discussion was finished on the original Alexander which I thought had been...
100% die clash. It seems that many dies of this period were clashed. The big periods for clashes are scattered around suggesting to me that some...
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