I know nothing about gold but #1 has a raised and recessed dot under the chin and odd texture in fields overall that could suggest a transfer...
The angle is the big thing. Good eye.
Those are fine images. How did you light them?
In 1997 I posted a page on imaging coins with a scanner: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/scan.html I felt that scanners used with care...
I have given a lot of answers here but now ask someone to provide me with one I have never understood. When we hear the story of the Widow's...
Nice Geta with good shield detail! The more ribs, the better. However, the legends on the outdoor show seem a little easier to read. What can...
Both my Septimius AR and AE are year 2 (194 AD). This year is most common for Caesarea for Septimius. I have never seen a year one coin. The...
I'm not a farmer but have eaten enough corn on the cob to distinguishing kernel from ear. The species may be in question and is made worse by UK...
Be aware the type also comes in bronze. Mine is a 'Cast in Gaul' Caracalla with the drum option. For a reason I have never understood, there are...
My favorite plant related coin is this small silver (1/12?) of Metapontum. Larger coins of the time showed the grain head on the obverse and an...
Welcome. I do have one thing to say about coin photography. The modern online coin collecting hobby requires we do a few things we might not...
I predict you will get a bronze. :troll:
I fail to see a turreted head but yours looks like all the ones online so I guess I don't know what a turret is. (Oh, I see it on Mikey's coin.)...
Many. If he sells 100 fakes and has to refund 10, he makes out like a bandit. 90% of the buyers of such fakes know no better and never will...
It is not too hard to get carried away with Parthians. Alegandron's MI is a special type from the early days with very different portraits and...
Really! Read the book. The problem was nothing about stolen grave goods or modern matters of Cultural Property but what I consider far worse...
This is the point - we all like it our way. Those who collect for fun can make up their own rules and get a lot of enjoyment out of their coins....
In 1993, Numismatic Fine Arts auctioned a collection of 3500 coins divided into 352 lots. These lots, some individual coins and some large lots,...
That is exactly what led me to the question. We see a few identifiable plants on ancient coins. The Rhodian tulips are the name of the city but...
[ATTACH] Galerius Caesar AE follis, Aquileia mint ex John Quincy Adams collection as sold in 1971 lot 943 (part of) When the Massachusetts...
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