Two on left are Geta; two on right are Julia Domna; top center is Caracalla. Both Domnas are Antioch with Latin legends but the others are Greek...
What I see is small beads of foreign material on the surface. I'll need to get out the microscope to be sure but I have seen plastic pellet...
I find it interesting that when the portrait was to the right, the large decoration was on the shoulder but when the emperor turned to the left he...
That Gallus is a perfect example of an ungradable ancient. What would the slabbers say? The top half of both sides is easily EF or mint state in...
Don't bet the farm on that. Who can show a cheaper siliqua? I wish I knew what collection painted the 16? in the reverse field. That might be a...
I decided to play around with lighting coins for photos again this weekend so I brought home a few of my favorite subjects for reshoots. Some may...
Perhaps you have figured out why Steve's posts have at the bottom: Ummm, I apologize for what I'm about to say ... There is some dispute on which...
While my site is linked from the above 101 site, I'll promote one section of a half dozen pages I call the Vocabulary of Ancient coins:...
They are fair to the coins. Ancient collectors generally do not us the grade AU so would consider #1 excessive but it appears to be a nice coin...
I hate to be disagreeable but, no, that's a lie, I thrive on it some days..... Physics-fan is 100% right about those zooms being bad choices....
Please review what this tells us. I see two points of interest. Progression was steady over the years with a flat spot 2008-2009 (most of us...
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