What makes us suspect a coin is unofficial? This coin has a little problem that makes me think it is unofficial using the TRP mintmark but the...
Not being listed in a book can hurt a value since demand requires people know something exists. Several of us have coins more rare than EID MAR...
[IMG] I really like this one. The type is currently victim of either a wave of fakes or barbarous copies depending on who you believe. This one...
My favorite 'not in RIC' requires two coins. BMC and RIC (427A) list a coin from the British Museum collection as VICTOR IVST AVG but their...
The other Baktrians of note are the squares in silver and bronze. Both of mine have bilingual legends and elephants. Apollodotos silver [ATTACH]...
[IMG] Euthydemos II - c.190-171 BC - Nickel didrachm 24mm diameter, 7g. Apollo bust / tripod monogram to left " Of King Euthydemos" Agathokles -...
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The next question is whether you will accept my opinion that all fourrees are plated but not all plated coins are fourree. For example LRB's with...
[ATTACH] Mine is not quite as worn but Titus is looking the wrong direction.
Alexandria is a good place to look if you like worn coins since they seemed to circulate forever. Hadrian and elephants would be a nice coin a...
I have an opinion on that one. You can spell it as you wish. I use fourree after the choice made by Campbell in his great book on the subject...
I go on Saturday on a club bus. I only collect ancients so this is not a problem for me but I am always amazed at the number of empty tables in...
http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=portrait_facet%3A%22Faustina%20the%20Younger%22&start=340 Another online listing suggests the number but...
This is good advice but only for some. Collectors like me need to be realistic as to which dealers might handle their collections. I have...
What I find interesting here is the fact that my mule fourree also has a Gragulus obverse but with an M. Aburius reverse. I hear a lot about...
Offered just to make the point that not all coins are shiny. The bottom part is a 100% crop unreduced. Canon 5D mk II 100mm Canon macro [ATTACH]
Another new one from Friday's show is the Class C follis as usual overstruck on a Class B. The undertype shows at obverse right as part of the...
It has not been long since we last visited Alexander here but that thread long left coins so I'll start another. I have a few Alexander coins but...
Similar? Maybe but Aquileia leaves are more slender and Arles rounded. Below is a copy from my earlier post of a Constantius which matches your...
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