This is a great coin in so many ways but I really appreciate the portrait from a less common mint that is quite different from Galba's usual...
http://www.ancients.info/forums/archive/index.php?t-2271.html The Lanz coin was discussed above in 2008. Be sure to read to the end where the...
Globus crucifer is a common find on Byzantine coins. I agree this is the back of the chair but when was the first use of the real globe with cross?
That is an exceptional coin. The centering is perfect. Thank you for sharing it.
O and pi should not appear in the same date since both are tens digits (70 and 80). I think you are right about a hidden P (100) and correctly...
[ATTACH] Mine is centered the opposite way and is only AE28 (26.08g) so it was not flattened out as much retaining more of the tapered edge on...
I'm not willing to accept Lanz as an expert opinion. They have gone far down hill in the past years. If, however, theirs is genuine, yours still...
The obverse is Vespasian while the reverse is Titus. Titus obverses always have either TITVS or just T after IMP on the obverse. Usually these...
I really have mixed feelings about this. The coin here in question is not a terribly deceptive fake and is listed in the easily accessible fake...
Another forum has a very disturbing post by a member who attended NYINC and saw a Caesar Elephant which had two palm trees in place of the snake....
In the case of Septimius, it would help me if we had a standardized numbering system for the dies so my coins would be in an order that would make...
No one has them right but there is at least one right answer to each coin. I really did not think this was that hard but I felt a little bad...
I was having that problem so I uploaded all my photos on a Nook and carry it to shows. I still buy an ocassional duplicate when I am too lazy to...
http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/coincombo
I see Z (7).
Hint: There is at least one trick here.
Achaean League. Lakedaemon. AR Hemidrachm, circa 175-168 BC. [ATTACH] I get a kick out of this Achaean League issue which seems to vary the most...
Test time: Which of these belong to Maximianus, which to Galerius and which to Maximinus II? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I also usually avoid double die duplicates but make the exception when one of three situations come up. First is when I find a coin at a good...
Thank you. I recall recently pointing out that we on this list are expected to help one another by answering questions back and forth. I...
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