Some issues were made from numbered dies and not all used the same way of 'numbering'. Sometimes it was just a straight numeral like XXI; some...
Coins in this period were issued by moneyers serving a year in this minor office on the way to bigger things. Each selected his own design. If...
The other interesting statistic I saw in the piece was that 'more than' 20 kinds of coins were included. If they were evenly divided (I'm sure...
You sure can't slide one by on youz guyz.
That is a nice Plaetorius. I do not have one. I need to keep an eye open for one. It has the SC suggesting a special issue from the Senate...
Hundred? Obviously not a music fan... :singing:
:pompous: Another thread here mentioned that some of us may have a few thousand CD cases lying about so the though struck me that we might kill...
This last one is not a 'hole' defect but a coin that involved a hole/plug as part of its production. That is not a fault it is just coooool! I'm...
Definitely is too strong a word. To be fourree you need a base interior and a precious exterior. The Basil could be a base metal fake with no...
It just struck me that an interesting grouping could be made of high grade coins like this one that can only be IDed using Bruck clues. Not all...
Bruck does not go that far but I think you might be able to study these and find clues in the hand shape, finger count etc.
Don't be lazy. Just turn to page 45 in your Bruck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Bruck...
It reminds me of my Iceni 1st century BC fourree. [ATTACH] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceni
My example of the Basil II and Constantine VIII fourree weighs 2.8g and has no remaining silver color. I wonder if the original silvering was...
Arodos has quite a few interesting types. My first is a stater of 350-332 BC which I selected for its very odd flan that showed the most of the...
Displaying coins in a museum requires some really hard choices to overcome the fact that coins have two sides. I once visited the Smithsonian in...
The legend at Zeus' right is KACIOC http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=14834
After reading that, how much of a discount would you say is appropriate to ask for a coin known to have bronze disease?
I see ZEVC withe the top of the Z almost on the edge of the flan. I have never seen one.
Proud to be a member of the dark side I am not for to follow rules even I myself created I can not. The rules of pronunciation commonly thrown...
Separate names with a comma.
