Since these were mentioned and since the subject of cast fakes came up, lets repost this common cast fake which I returned a couple years ago and...
We never know what to do in a case like this. We do not want to lessen the fun by providing the ID for the coins. The Sabine coin has all the...
JA makes fun of my camera. In truth the largest I ever owned was 8x10" but I used a 24x24" that belonged to my employer. I still value a...
This is the problem with these. For the date to be on flan, it is nearly necessary for the nose to be off. Some numbers can be read more easily...
It is a real eye opener at how small you can go and still have impressive detail but also that coins smaller than that exist. The next step is to...
This might be a case where the cost of the certificate is worth the peace of mind knowing that you had not condemned a real coin. I'd still sell...
This question has left me shaking my head. I can not comment on the RIC number for the coin because I do not own that volume of RIC. I found the...
What is the 'theta' under the horse? If the type was issued for 400 years and rulers changed every 5-10 years on average, there could be hundreds...
I traded off a few of my duplicates to a small dealer who then listed a Tye 14 at $65 but I don't know what the final sale price was. $10-15...
I would have called it Lugdunum mint which some people might decide makes it Provincial even though it is a marked dupondius. I'm no 12 Caesars...
I might mention that my first exposure to this was a huge box with at least a thousand coins offered at $5 each. I bought nice ones of the common...
The first one is Samanta Deva and should be 69% silver and about 3.3g. The second one is missing a lot of detail but is a Tye 21. Unfortunately...
If I did send this off and it came back genuine, I would sell it immediately with the certificate. It is better to have coins that we actually...
It is a very expensive coin but the question is whether it has enough chances to be found genuine to make it worth the certificate not whether the...
A few mid grade AE: Sestertius / Roma [ATTACH] Dupondius / Securitas [ATTACH] Dupondius / Victory (My two dupondii show as much variation as...
I can understand someone paying a $40 slab fee for a coin worth $3000 (over that it goes up in price) but not for a coin worth $400 or $40. 10%...
If you go to the NGC site you will see several levels of surface starting with the lowest 'bulk' which we have here. Note there is no...
I do not have a Cyzicus but my Heraclea is similar. It was $21 in 2003 so lets say it has gone up in a dozen years and is worth, perhaps, $40...
With some consistency your old photos kept the light off of the face in favor of the back of the head. Of the bunch, I'd say the Alexandrian...
While there is a good variation in flan weights that are perfectly normal, one a gram low does make me worry that the coin might have leeched...
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