Most 'real' camera companies make models for all budgets. Canon has the $100 model and the $5000 model. Pay no attention to brands and every...
When I think of sows on the prow I think of a truffle hunt.
Mine is similar with a smaller helmet making room for a larger finial. [ATTACH] I'd need to research it more but equating AYTOKPATOP with...
The "Emesa" mint of Septimius Severus provides some examples of this with his wife Julia Domna. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] To me more odd are her coins...
That first line sounds like something I'd say. In a world where average lots go for multiples of estimates, it is hard to figure just what...
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bullsemen.asp You may enjoy the above link. Taurine is, as anoob points out fancy for bull-y. It is also a...
While we always like legend, coins like QG's first with three good faces are the name of this game. Mine really lacks legends but I could not...
I am of the opinion that this seller would be able to tell a fourree if he were cued to look for it so his second look and belief it is OK is...
Sorry, this whole subject is out of my league. I only have this one bronze which I bought from an Indian dealer on eBay (Narayan) a few years...
Question: Are Hadrian dupondii known with laureate portraits and yellow metal? I know this was common in the preceding century but my very...
There is nothing like seeing a lot of something to drive up demand for it. For example I show below two coins from my collection. Neither are...
I'm looking for an explanation for the change of texture on the reverse very near the edge right and left. Was it once in a mount? I do not see...
Did Sugandha Rani have coins? I forgot to include Toramana in my display. His coins were somewhat different. I assume my coin was once very...
Not just in Severan times we see some types issued with dating legends and with descriptive legends. Has anyone offered a theory on why?
Another thread here details the AE coins of Sri Lanka so I thought it might be a good time to show another series of bronzes of the same size and...
Ancients are not a good hobby for people who think of what their coins are worth and how they will become rich owning them. Modern collectors...
My only Flavian from Alexandria is this Domitian obol (year 6 under chin on obverse) with Griffin. The type comes for many years but only a...
When we, today, think of Egypt, we think of the pyramids and obelisks. Perhaps the Romans saw them as old junk.
The attraction to me is the Egyptian coin with an Egyptian reverse rather than one of the Greek gods or personifications usually seen on...
When you have the coin in hand, look at it preferably under a stereo microscope. If the copper is on top of the silver, it is not plated. If it...
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