I agree it is the best even though I really would like to see the coin weighed and examined with a microscope to rule out the possibility of it...
Back to the 12 set: How many that posted regarding this set before Whizb4ng outted the fake Caligula had read the description or suspected the...
My coin and the OP coin struck me as broken rather than clipped intentionally to 'mine' silver. Certainly there are coins reduced by trimming but...
Do you have any idea why so many YIII coins offered are chipped? [ATTACH]
Should anyone doubt the importance of things of a sewer nature, I suggest reading at least the bathroom chapter of At Home by Bill Bryson. He...
The obverse of the silver kopecks was pretty standard showing a rider with downward spear. Often there is a letter or monogram under the horse...
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/peterwiremoney/peterwiremoney.htm Compare the above link's image of the entire die reverse as pieced together...
Should we forget Valerian II who died just before his younger brother Saloninus became Caesar? There has been disagreement on which boy is shown...
In the US, those accused of a felony are innocent until proven guilty. For those of us who collect ancient coins, things we see in local coin...
The two soldiers is Antioch workshop 15; the falling horseman is Rome shop 4. These are common coins with little value unless in really excellent...
http://www.coincommunity.com/articles/swamperbob_8_reales_birmingham_counterfeit.asp...
You obviously did not follow the link I gave above or you might have seen the one that brought $18k and the one for $150. "Presumed authentic" is...
No. The point was that sellers of genuine coins in that price bracket generally provide an image better than what you might take with a phone so...
Demetrios of Baktria tetradrachm http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?similar=966498 These are often faked and fuzzy photos like this almost...
We really would have been better off if historians had decided to call Galerius Maximianus II but I suppose that would have just thrown more of...
Yes, AE2.
Each mint then active made a version of the type to commemorate the founding of Constantinople. Your second has a Constantinople mintmark for the...
I'd say half a dozen major types by several members of the family with a couple minor variations for most. It was a big name family in the Republic.
I agree with Vlaha completely. Wear is nowhere near the top of the list of things I consider important in a coin and there are ancients that are...
I believe the top line reads Pulo, a denomination of copper wires, and the second is Moscow. I don't know enough about these to be dangerous....
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