I went through your man's current six pages and found ~5 similar errors (check me on this). All were the standard easy to mix up guys. I will...
Tye is very much the analyzer. He is a major player in the weights and metals end of the hobby. I recommend his 'amateur' book on world coins:...
I really hate to have to disagree with this one. I have a reasonable sized library, perhaps 2% as large as Warren's, and have quite a few books...
Left heads are certainly more scarce than rights but there are still quite a few for Claudius. You might find the page linked below and a couple...
Certainly Diocletian and I see no reason to doubt it. The type was issued from more than one mint but some did not name the city but just the...
If you show the reverse, the answer might be more clear. Not all were used by both. Of course, since this is a Provincial, it would help us name...
Am I incorrect that the 1-5 system is an extra cost option and currently you have the choice of a cheaper version without strike/surface and a...
I, too, love the ant. My favorite Metapontion coin is a fraction (obol) from the early period when the reverse was the incuse of the obverse...
Certainly the coin is worth more in an error NGC slab than it is out. I have one error slab just to show people who think plastic is perfect but...
Yes, he has enough of those. We all make mistakes but most of our errors are not eternally encased in plastic with approvals from ANA and PNG....
The Doug in the manger must point out that Steve's coin is defective. The undertype was a hemilitron with six denomination dots. The two dots...
I can't see anything on the second reverse but would comment that the Agragas bronzes of the period are often worse than yours. The one...
I really agree with this. An example is the somewhat more rare Legionary denarius of Septimius Severus for LEG XXII PRI which I was always told...
While on the subject of elephants: Does anyone notice the similarity in style to one of the two standard elephants of the common Julius Caesar...
I just noticed another cool feature of the OP coin. The obverse legend starts in exergue with Autokrator Caesar Marcus AVTKM and the continues...
I have always been a fan of Die studies. I even had a little article published in the Celator back in 1995 on the subject. However, I try not to...
I believe the legend next to the thunderbolt reads Seluko so I'd start searching for Seleucid bronzes with thunderbolts (not a subject I'm into so...
Wouldn't that be better for Brutus?
That does not bother me in the least. The problem I see is when any dealer who has thousands of coins accidentally gets one I want and I have to...
Recently, I believe it was for Steve's benefit, we had a discussion of the difference between Imperial and Provincial coins. I think this one is...
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