IMHO the slabbers got it right. The Celt is really fine for these but the Servilia 1 is middle range on style. There were several members of the...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/picked-up-my-first-ancient-gordian-iii-antoninianus.250298/#post-1977342 I recently posted as a trick my one and...
I prefer "technologically advanced in a different way" since they could do a few things we have only recently 'discovered'. If you go back and...
The most certain sign of ignorance when speaking of ancient coins is the making of statements about 'the ancients' as if they were one people in...
Another thing to try with perspective is the stereo view. My examples are made to be viewable by those who do cross eyed freeview or the old...
I am not sure there is an answer for someone who believes that ancient coins were carved from lumps of metal but there is definitely more to learn...
[IMG] If you are going to shoot extreme angles, it would be good to try Image Stacking Software. I used CombineZP freeware. I do not know if it...
Race has the answer. We all pay too much for some coins and too little for others. It is possible to buy what comes along at low prices or to...
Doing a little online research on sheep prices and realizing that sheep costs are very different for ordinary male lambs and prize winning ewes...
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/247117 Museums are slow to admit the extent of restorations to their treasures...
Claudius was not Gallic Empire but was the legitimate emperor in Rome during the height of the Gallic usurpations. It started as a reaction to...
I'll just point out that Gallus also has Provincials. Here are two from Viminacium year 12 and 13 but with very different obverse legends. IMP...
AE of Theodosius II tend to be a bit tiny and trashy. It was getting late in the Empire. His gold is about as cheap as you get in Roman...
I believe it is reasonable to say that a comprehensive library covering specialties and types of ancient coins would exceed $100,000. That might...
Roman rulers frequently gave gifts of money to the people of Rome. This is a donative event. Donative is another term for largesse. Sometimes...
The best fakes will not be made by those trying to make money but by those trying to make a point. If someone is cheated by an expert, it is only...
The coin commemorates the sixth time Hadrian had a public donative. I don't believe there is any emperor that has a complete series of numbered...
Ancient mass products made from many dies but surviving in some cases in small enough numbers that there are single examples from a die take on a...
JA's coin is really nice for these both in style and strike. The obverse of chrsmat71's coin is also nicely centered with a more typical portrait...
Are they attracted to a magnet? There are many deposits that come on ancient coins that are brown and gritty so rust is not the only possibility....
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