The coin will bring a good return if sold properly annotated through a dealer savvy enough to attract two competing buyers but what will make this...
Nero AE24 7.37g Obv: KAIΣAP NEPΩN Rev: ΣEBAΣTOΣ MAKEΔONΩN This was my first Provincial coin (1987). I recall getting it because it was cheap...
Very nice
Original post - this separates a coin from the twenty that seem to follow invariably when all here pile on with their coins. The fact we got no...
On average in this period it strikes me that left portraits are higher quality artwork than many rights. I wonder if this is an accident or if...
I find it interesting that coins of this period are more common seen plated than many periods earlier and later. I wonder if this might suggest...
JBGood says that he found a value for the type on acsearch but I failed to find it. Coins of the listed ruler are all another type. Best known...
Most Wildwinds write-ups are taken from dealers who vary greatly in ability as well as legitimate differences in opinion as to what to call a coin...
In ancients we have a situation that may seem a bit strange to 'modern' collectors. We have some fakes that are valuable in their own right. We...
I'll point out that 20 years ago I did not collect late Roman at all and publicized things I then found interesting like the Eastern Septimius...
Steve asked; blame him: Once upon a time I was riding down the road just minding my business when this giant Roman set upon me and tried to kill...
Steve: Any AE35 that you can decipher counts. acsearch gives the series to Commodus as well but lists no Elagabalus, Macrinus, Geta or...
This one is common according to RIC but not easy to find. It is Constans with the FH1 type where the horseman is on hands and knees and the horse...
Steve's sestertius is the 193AD version from Septimius. My example is just a bit more clear but really is not conclusive on the matter of the...
I don't have a Caracalla of the type but here is the Septimius AE32 20.2g. It has a couple of voids from poor flan preparation but there is a lot...
There are still two weeks left in the quarter so stop being a defeatist and buy 15 more. You can do it, Steve. We know you can. I only have 11...
Is that a die break along the front of the face? Is there a faint nose just right of the ragged line? It almost looks like that obverse die was...
When I see a coin that thin and spread I wonder if it was struck on an earlier coin hammered flat. I know no way to tell. Mine is 4.1g.[ATTACH]
Anoob got it right here and the rest of us pretty much proved his point by being proud of our coins that are really closer to 'fine' than anything...
DW is unlikely to hurt. I'd also pick at the green with a toothpick and see if anthing can be dislodged. Go slow.
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