We always advise people to buy from dealers they trust but trust is a two part matter. I trust you to be honest and I trust you to be...
Exactly my view. Perhaps staring at the coin for hours will result in an 'ahaa' moment and the minor marks will be clear. Perhaps not. My first...
I completely agree with TIF's reply but only if you can accept my definition of "attribute". If you want to know which ruler issued a coin from...
This thread got me thinking about Tom Cederlind and siliquae since I thought I once bought one from him. He was only source of 8 coins for me...
Another fiver from the Mamertini: [ATTACH]
This is the big advice. Every sale we see coins estimated at $100 which start at $60 so a seller stands to make how much? I'm sure we all think...
Yes but it shows very well in the other one in your eBay listing. It is amazing how small changes in the lighting can make a scratch look raised...
Bante calls it a volpe (fox) but I see a crocodile. Most of the symbols have closer relationships than a fox and snake would so two reptiles...
Those who buy ancients with the intention of reselling them as implied here are probably better off leaving them in the slab. An even better...
A common misconception of non-collectors is that they can not get into a hobby where everything is a rare museum piece. You showed worn out...
Also very early with the same reverse legend and no TRP (the type appears both ways) is this Dolphin carried over from the Titus years. [ATTACH]
I suppose we could do the opposite and tell who we consider least worth collecting but that would get ugly since I know we have people on both...
Is the obverse head female? I wondered if switching the Aphrodite for Ares might have been matched by placing Apollo on obverse? G&N said female...
I like mine even if it has a test cut. The countermark does flatten a bit of obverse hair and clip a bit of legend but, thankfully, the coin is...
Watch for bare headed portraits as Caesar. This one is year 5 so late as a Caesar coin goes. [ATTACH] There are a lot of Moesian Provincials...
There are scratches on both sides but the X in the reverse field could be intentional. An advantage of a slab is you can not see the coin all...
No emperor shows more change in appearance across his coinage. Several ruler longer but none were recorded as accurately from cute kid to...
OK, I can see a new Broadway play about a misunderstood youth driven to evil by a pushy stage mom who kept him from following his heart and...
My favorites of that type are the ones that saved effort by using the same OR for both words. Sure you can say that the first word was just...
I selected my favorite emperor back in 1963 when I bought an unusual denarius of Septimius Severus who strikes me as filling the bill in so many...
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