The question I see is whether someone in Rome would figure out that Marines are dependent on resupply. They have fuel and ammunition for a...
[IMG] I made the above group for my WabiSabi page shoing the range from blast white to black silver coins. Most unusual is probably the red...
I also really like that Larissa horse type. It was pointed out sometime back that the pose shows a horse in the process of rolling down onto the...
OK, how many of you have bought a coin because, not in spite of, its raggedness? Years ago I recall being attracted to this Septimius Severus....
Looking at acsearch reports, it is interesting that aurei of this type seem as common as denarii and little if any more expensive in lower grades....
I, not a 12 Caesars fan, was unaware of the situation on Augustus sestertii when I went on acsearch looking to see how bad they were. I saw one...
The problem I see with Gallienus coins is that the nice and the ugly coins are not evenly divided between the types, the mints or the periods....
[ATTACH] The other option for a late Sparta coin is a silver hemidrachm of 196-146 BC when Lakedaimon was part of the Achaean League. Each...
Sheldon termed your situation "transitory weight change" but most of us call it "middle age spread".
Mat is 100% correct about the reverses of the type usually being weak. Anytime you see one as even as the OP, buy it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I no longer recommend removing slabbed coins from their holders. Instead I suggest selling them to someone who cares and using the money to buy a...
I keep telling myself that I need more Republican bronzes but so many are just so ugly I end up walking away. This is my only semis. [ATTACH]
Sorry, I know nothing about late silver and less about gold. I have a few of the most ordinary siliquae and that is it.
The problem is that there are some kids who are interested in old things and even ancient coins but they are rarely the ones that belong to old...
This is not a problem that comes up to modern collectors who can buy anything they can afford. Ancients are a bit different in that even a...
There are books that provide catalog numbers for those addicted to them that do not require the details missing from too many coins. I still have...
BTW, Christ folles are cheap if you get worn ones without facial details. [ATTACH]
Since you said the people go to church, the correct coin might be a Byzantine anonymous Christ follis. They are big, old and show someone that...
While I agree that Valentinian's answer is best, I like to include the page number in place of or in addition to the mint. If nothing else, it...
I prefer not to collect ugly coins unless they have redeeming values including rarity that keep me from having a nicer example. Rather than...
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