Julia Domna Matri Castrorum reverse Possibly #2 is Trajan. The reverse might help confirm it.
While I do not have one, the ultimate fourree is one with the core rotted away and the outer skin largely intact. I once saw a 3/4 complete...
I'd not value a solid coin like this at $27 so I'd certainly bump up the others and call this free. Had it not been fourree, the other choice...
When I got one of these (and it has been a while), I'd go to this page and try to find a match. http://www.megagem.com/ancient/ptolemy_series.html...
I believe puniceus is the color you get when you beat human skin but purpura is what results from dying with extracts of berries or shellfish....
This is more neatly cut than many I have seen. My dream coin exists but went way over my head when it sold years ago. There is a XLII cut on a...
I do not think this is fourree and agree with TIF's instructions including the last line. On the other hand, you will not be ruining it as much...
If I were separating things, I would combing Ancients and hand struck medievals in one group and machine made coins in the other.
I think #3 is R (Rome) perhaps T (tertia).
The first is a falling horseman type of Constantius Gallus. I can not read the mintmark. Second is the remains of a silver denarius of Antoninus...
Arles RIC 400 page 277 Vol. VII either PCONST or SCONST 336 AD I can make out the officina letter.
Those who like to research their coins by comparing them to other specimens need to be aware of this resource for Roman Republicans:...
That is some cake, TIF!
Anything that makes a coin different can add demand but not all of them are scarce. In addition to extra stuff at the top, some people watch the...
I believe denarii of Caligula, Claudius and the first years of Nero were removed from circulation extensively when Nero debased the coinage for...
I agree that is a great looking coin and only a thousand times better than any of mine of the city. There are several different poses of the lion...
The question is how badly you want a mint state coin as opposed to a semi-presentable one like my $10 specimen here. Ancients are becoming like...
This reminds me of my favorite Gary Larson cartoon which had the caption: “Carl Sagan as a boy: Look, Betty Sue! There must be dozens and dozens...
I see no green patina but these usually have rougher surfaces so this one is quite fine.
Vespasian has dupondii both with and without the radiate crown. The difference is the yellow orichalcum on the dupondii and the red copper on the...
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