Who would like to explain the grammar involved in changing the rare CAPTVM to the common CAPTV? It is not a matter of having space for the letter.
IMO this is a pretty good example for its stated purpose. The important difference is the AED CVR being in exergue instead of being up under the...
Quite possible. What you see as more legs in perfect alignment I was seeing as muscle detail on one leg. The top heads now seem obvious.
http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Sicily-Syracuse/Sicily-Syracuse.htm Beast, a dealer whom I respect, says that there are two dies that show all...
Actually, I don't see many of these that show four legs per head or anything that suggests that the die cutter had any interest in the question of...
I have mine listed as a Gelon (485-478 BC) but do not have the Boehringer number with me. It never particularly struck me that these were Archaic...
Problems like this come from screen size. I said above there was a typo in group 2 but I was wrong. On the small screen on my netbook 'I' looked...
I'm not sure I look at the weight reductions the way you do since even the smallest asses were still divided into 12 unciae it is just that the...
My definition of 'honest' wear is a coin that has smooth surfaces with detail lost to handling but not to corrosion whether roughness or even just...
I was looking at two of these at the show. Both were weakly struck on the Caesar side and better for Octavian. I guess I'd rather have it the...
Perhaps that is telling of my interests. They aren't that cheap even if not scarce. I discover a typo in that question but am away from home...
The difference between Greek and Roman coins of the early empire that I find interesting is the relations between the metals. Greeks had big...
To me, the word pub describes a place with more refined dart playing gentlemen than patronize a roadhouse in Texas where the band is protected...
I agree this is better. There are many things to consider with these certainly including style. Of my TP's, the one I consider to have best...
For those with few big coins: I am always amazed at the difference in appearance of the various tets. I went to a show last Friday and saw a...
This is an old photo. Every time I change my photo techniques I can not reshoot every coin. [ATTACH] Kurt's photo is better due to his control...
As often repeated here, I have serious problems with the concept of making photos that look like the coin 'in hand'. The fact is that a coin 'in...
When I was in college a professor explained that his test was 'open book' but that the book would not help. The reason was that the answers that...
Several threads mentioned we have a lot of new participants both amateur and pro. This made me decide to make one more try promoting a page I...
This should keep us from getting bored looking at our cherished garbage. I still maintain that any success of ancient coin discussion on CT is...
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