Khan Academy has many good points but they heve no idea how to grade coins. That 'Fair' is at least AVF. Now a question for you Precalculus...
Silver sigloi come in four major groups according to the pose of the king. I only have three of them. Do you know if the gold comes in all four...
Rather clear for these! When you can ID the brother and read the mintmark, this period is lucky.
Other than posting our new coins when they are new, what can we post that might be different? One answer would be to close our eyes and stick a...
Yes, all three of these have legend errors. Barbarous? I think not but that may depend on definitions.
I do not understand listing a COS II coin at RIC 338 under Rome Barbarous. There are a lot of degrees of barbarous. I wonder what coin they saw....
Bing bemoaned the lack of activity on CT last night. I spent a good part of last evening repackaging coins and found interest (to me - maybe only...
I have enough coin books that the lesser ones are in the attic but among my most prized holdings are some of my old auction catalogs. Of course...
Yes, Serapis. The hat gives him away. I will show a labeled Postumus with it but unfortunately mine is weak on the head so you have to look hard...
The question remains on who would buy such a coin and give you a profit. I suspect the answer is found in people who do not know that you can get...
I see too much resemblance to Manlia Scantilla there. That woman had plenty to be sad about and Julia was not yet in Rome so the possibility of...
Also Magnentius is regularly shown bare headed. [ATTACH]
I believe this is Maxentius from a generation earlier. [ATTACH]
That is a nice reverse of a hemiobol from Athens. I would like to get the whole series but feel lucky to have the ones I have. Triobol (too...
You don't want to know how many varieties of this I have. Nice is rare in my collection. Very nice? Not likely. My favorite ones are a pair of...
I'm less than certain that this is not just a regular Laodicea denarius that has suffered more than most. I still would not try to clean it since...
That should be a favorite. It has nice style on both sides.
#1 is a struck cash from 1889-90 so I will risk being called a modernist by answering here. Emperor De Zong 1875-1908; Guangzhou, Guangdong....
Major cuds are not all that common on ancients but I have a couple. From 5th century Aegina, the turtle swims with a cud. I have seen other...
This is an outstanding example of this coin from Rome mint. The period is not known for good workmanship so even the irregular flan here is far...
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