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    A modest and interesting RR denarius

    http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2426830 I see acsearch has a 58.
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    A modest and interesting RR denarius

    The LVIII=58 is a die number showing this was the 58th reverse died used. Mine below is 37 which seems odd since that same number is on the...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    ID Help - Bronze w/ Anchor like Symbol Crossed

    Perhaps we should mention that this is a clear example of a cast type. It is a type that was cast at the mint so that is not a bad sign and the...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    ID Help - Bronze w/ Anchor like Symbol Crossed

    E31 but the (2nd) photo here of Constantine is upside down.
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    ancient id real or fake?

    The cool thing about these is that the fake was made with two completely different coins so either side can be glued 'up' on a paper trying to get...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    10th she-wolf

    Another avenue to wolf gathering is in the Provincials. These are big guys. Macrinus, Laodicea AE29 [ATTACH] Severus Alexander, Antioch AE33...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Grade Wars- Attack of the Slabs

    Never is a long, long time. I still enjoy the modern coins I bought or found in circulation over the last 50 years. I bought half a dozen in the...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 24, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Triton is now up.........

    ...and the hoard estimate is less than half the Brutus aureus. An interesting part of this sale is the decision to offer huge lots of coins that...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    2 Bargain Additions

    Nice Diocletian. Whats 200 years among friends?
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Cast Bronze selling for almost $300.00????

    Part of the reason I bought that one is I owned a worn Divus Pertinax denarius which I sold to Joel Malter in 1974. I rue,too. You don't see...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Grade Wars- Attack of the Slabs

    Definition: "Good Old Days" A time when this list talked about coins, not plastic.
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Cast Bronze selling for almost $300.00????

    I like the equating of these to Grand Tour pieces. They show what I consider to be an interest in ancient coins at a time when some things that...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Cast Bronze selling for almost $300.00????

    Did no one notice that the description on the sale was for a Spes reverse not the one shown in the photo? The photo shows what I have always...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    What a nice finding!

    The best coin in this image and not mentioned in the news reports is a Magnia Urbica (wife of Carus or Carinus depending on where you read) in the...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Uncleaned ancient source

    I agree the cent is a worthwhile coin but I can't say I need a 1857 and 1855 to go with it. Ancients allow a collection of a thousand types not...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 23, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Ancients => Christ & Virgin (G-Class)

    Would someone care to tell us the meaning of C - R / P - Δ?
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Post your favorite Postumus!

    I open myself to being called a shallow fellow but I collect Postumus because he was such a fine looking fellow. :shame: I can't pick one as best...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Ancients => Christ & Virgin (G-Class)

    I don't have a G. Steve is always ahead of me. I know some here will never believe what I say but there is fun in these when they get really,...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    A pun for the ages

    Agree. I can't allow a torq made of plants on the obverse (that is a wreath) but bending those clubs is 'Neato!'
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    2 Bargain Additions

    I don't have an Alexandrian Vespasian but here is a tetradrachm from Antioch. [ATTACH] Remember that the first letter in Vespasian when written...
    Post by: dougsmit, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: Ancient Coins
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