I still lack the first type but am happy with my Type II - a siglos with fancy shoe. [ATTACH] The fourree is a one third siglos. [ATTACH] The...
Coins of Carthage come in several sizes so it would be best to give a diameter and weight when asking for an ID.
I'd prefer you not do this but the question could be answered by cleaning the coin. If the color is toning, it will be removed. If it is excess...
There are enough dated types that you could get a set by year with few exceptions. I can think of many worse gameplans. I see deposits and toning...
Great group but I really like #3, 6 and 10 (in that order). All are better than average for what they are and none are likely to be found in mint...
I understand that the only acceptable way roast owl or eagle is if you make a stuffing of Silphium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium Kyrene...
Please remember that a price written on a tag has nothing to do with what a coin sells for. I regularly go to a dealer at shows who seems to...
Nice coin! Yes, this is a common one so all who want one should be able to find it. I like the way the horses remind me of the pre-Muybridge...
That portrait sure looks young for 17. This set need a young one so I'll stick in a 196 or so (about 8?). I still think the portraits look a...
I really like that video but take exception with one point. True, moneyer was a job usually held by a young man on his way up the Cursus Honorum....
The way the cheek mark lines up with the small cross on the upper lip makes me believe it is a banker's mark but it makes no difference since a...
[ATTACH] I know this is no Republican but the Dioscuri even did their lounging in jugate fashion. Caracalla Caesar, Tomis, AE25 4 assaria
Even after you museum people destroy a million coins, no gain is made if no one knows how to interpret the data. The question remains if the data...
This was driving me crazy until I realized you showed the obverse at the right side.
I believe these are jugates not posted before. Honos and Virtus / Italia and Roma [ATTACH] Dei Penetes / swearing on a pig [ATTACH] Numa Pompilius...
One of the good things we get out of a group like this is to see several examples of the common coins that are new to us. Of course we could...
Uberitas is richness in a fruitfulness/fertility sense and the purse she holds is made from an udder. You will find those who dispute this but...
IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG is the obverse legend. Caesar Messius Quintus
I see this as over the border to ridiculous. The coin is attributed to Constantine VII but has the portrait and name of Romanus? I guess that...
I have Butcher and Ponting's 1997 article when they were drilling coins of Septimius Severus. I have not seen this new work. My earlier...
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