http://ceylonweb.tripod.com/copper_massas.htm I found the site I found useful.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Yes, it is fourree as are my Caesar denarii shown here. The style is a bit strange. There are many fourree Caesars.
The usual term for the Standard where the as weighed the same as the original sextans is "sextantal". My sextantal as is anonymous. [ATTACH]
We can write off some errors to the author having English as a second language but did anyone disagree with any of the "death facts" or other...
You have to love a high grade half with the hole croc. Who has the other half with no croc at all?
When we are considering a coin as a possible cast, there is no comfort in the style being good. There is nothing that prevents a cast maker from...
All of these look alike to those who read Greek and Latin but few coins are any more clearly lettered. I have six different rulers. I was once...
I do not try to keep up with the hundreds of camera models so I looked up HP s 300 and found a 2011 point and shoot which I assume has now been...
The fact here is you do not want the best camera but the one that fits you best. We see many reports stating that you do not need a great camera...
TIF, perhaps we are going about this the wrong way. It might be easier for us if we could convince more ancient collectors to collect slabbed...
Magnificent!
Aristarchus of Samos proposed the sun was the center in the 3rd Century BC. Christian dogma made this view unacceptable for reasons having...
This late PP example (same as JA's) is very unevenly struck and worn but shows the snout side on flan and how the tip runs into the dotted border....
Mars the Peacemaker looks more like Virtus to me. [ATTACH]
I see this as if the US decided to make a reissue half cent. The question is why???
There is a lot of variation in RR styles. This is not abnormal. The coin does look like the metal suffered in burial and cleaning but I see no...
Here I go being disagreeable again but: Rome mint RIC 313 is the legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO around a large M with dots across its angles. It is...
Time to give up?
This reply was intended for a different thread. My error, sorry. Here I should point out that my copy of RIC clearly shows 115 as an ordinary...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julius-caesar-flip-over-double-strike.275224/ Those interested in this thread may also like the one above from...
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