The first is more worn than some but not bad compared to some of the Rome mint coins I have seen. The second is the nicest coin of its type and...
It happened that other threads seemed appropriate for most of my new coins from the show Saturday. Here are the others - all too late to interest...
The one you like was a recent purchase from the last CNG electronic sale. I got it because it was beneath the notice of most of their clientele....
We err when we assume that the collection of a 'name' collector who wrote the book on a certain series will include the finest known coins of a...
I only have three of the seven mints for Constantius II. The type was favored for Constans. Constantius II used other reverses more frequently...
I know of no coin where anyone would dare to call Augustus Gaius. Before he was Augustus he was Caesar. There is a coin with C CAESAR but I...
I will be interested in hearing the Sear result. I did not say the coin is fake. I said: I also stand by that. Certainly having a Sear...
In their defense, Augustus was Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus.
I ordinarily like G-N but this is the sort of thing that makes you wonder about the service an auction house provides to their sellers in return...
This is the first of my Baltimore coins. I shot it with my current rig described here before and with just the new ringlight. I was asked at the...
Those are excellent photos but I have to agree that the 'in hand' look often is better. I believe this is because we tend to wiggle the coins...
They did hide the Severans. I saw one COSI coin and left it (too trashy and one I had) and one Emesa Legionary even worse. askea: Google...
Steve's photo made me realize what a jerk in a feeding frenzy I become at a show. I guess social skills are trumped by the belief that the next...
Sorry I must have been walking past you making the rounds. I did not leave until 4:30 and was finished early so went looking for you the last...
I agree that Valentinian's Marcian is the best I have seen but yours is a Nicomedia mint with bold mintmark and not bad otherwise so I would...
I avoid handling coins that are worth more than I am. I rarely stop long at tables that have them. I prefer not to make dealers and myself...
I feel it is more likely genuine but I'd still return it because you will always have trouble accepting it fully and selling it to someone with a...
Bruck offers a drawing of each type but shows two for Constantinople. My coin is not nearly as nice but it is the other tree which lacks the fork...
My two favorites are the hairy Antioch antoninianus and the 'as Caesar' Sestertius. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have several pages on fourrees which have been promoted to death here in the past but anyone who does not know the term is invited to view them....
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