Steve; I can explain why some of those coins were sold as a lot but I feel one of them was wronged and deserved separate listing. I wonder how...
I agree with TIF. Try it. All you have to do is find a lot that has promise that no one who knows more than you has spotted and then bid more...
I believe the legend was CERERI FRVGIF. One thing to keep in mind is that you can never make a statement about how all unofficial coins were done...
Part of the appeal of this series is that there were so many dies and types that most collectors will have something unique or at least very rare...
Emesa Domna come in two variations - Venus types and reverses more commonly found with male rulers. Ordinary Venus is more common. There are...
Emesa and Alexandria are not all that difficult. All Alexandria coins are scarce except one that is only hard in high grade. It is also the only...
Certainly the too expensive coin is best but I prefer the green #2 over the porous first coin. My personal example is weak missing the legend...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-15393 I believe yours is good but right now lizards require care in purchase.
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Technically, the obverse is the side on the anvil and the reverse on the punch. The reverse tends to deform into curved fields. Usually we think...
From your words, the obvious start would be some UK crowns of Victoria or the kings just before and after. Victoria has several portraits of...
I think I like the second one but the small photos make it really hard to tell. It might be time to buy one less coin and one more camera.
Be sure you are not comparing things from different centuries and different cultures. I do not know the answer to your question but suspect it...
While many of us like Athens, it is hard to compete with Greek Sicily when it comes to great coins. A close second would be Southern Italy of the...
The interesting point to me was that Hessians were not individual mercenaries but units assembled by senior officers by whatever means necessary....
My (six greats) grandfather came to America with the Hessians as a boy who cared for horses. He deserted. In my way of thinking, I assumed that...
Yes, but.... Standard references do not recognize the non-Roman mints and many sellers will look up a coin in some book and let it go at that....
[ATTACH] I believe this is Emmett 1668 year 12 but I don't have the skill or nerve to clean it enough to be certain. I liked the portrait and...
I wasn't going to post to this but need to join the others forcing you to look at those nasty galley coins. I'm not sure what is wrong with the...
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