Large silver coins can be soft. Tap before you slug it with a sledge.
Dealers of merit that I know could identify without any hint 95% of my coins to the level we see on slabs. I occasionally buy from but would not...
I have many worse coins but most of them were picked up either early in the time I was buying Eastern denarii or showed something that I wanted to...
I asked a dealer who is first on my lit of people for my family to call upon my death. He said he did not care how coins were packaged and...
I agree on the die wear. That is a nice reverse for Sirmium.
The croc has very different style that would make me want to research it in comparison to many others. I'll not post my 'float' but these links...
I really like AJ's arch for the die work and minute details. ro1974's Genius reverse die work is good also.
[ATTACH] I have one.
zumbly is exacly right to the cent. The first ad I saw in1989 for the Black Sea Hoard fakes offered coins like the middle for $265. I bought...
On B there are several clues that it is Diocletian even if you can't read the legends. Relatively few used a spelled out date on a coin this...
A+ tooooo easy IMP XIIII is before XV.
A game for the brave. For others, nothing to see here.... The three coins below are claimed to be diobols of Messembria. At least one of them...
Are those really small hands or is that denarius a slightly oversize replica?
Now it is my turn to fight with Steve. I completely agree with Sallent's statement and the fact that I would not touch that coin UNLESS it came...
I got two asses this year but neither made the top ten list because they knocked each other out of the running. They are the Temple of Janus type....
I hope you look on this coin as favorably as I do. The reverse is still double struck but the perforations show just how hard it was to strike...
Your specialty is in coins most of us do not collect. Since there are punchmarked coins from before and after the span of Greek/Roman but to most...
I believe it is a mistake to seek a focus but, rather, prefer that a focus will find you. This is done by experiencing as many different types,...
You are new here. We have several members who have a bucket full between them. Alexandrian tets are not popular among the big money crowd but...
I like them all but would drop #2 and #7 replacing them with a couple of the runners up. Your order is reasonable but probably different from...
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