45 minutes? Seriously! I never spend 45 seconds on a background. Admittedly, you have more time before you run out of time for postprocessing....
The oval shape is the shield dropped by the victim. You got that coin because I never could photograph it as well as you did. Did I give away a...
Please don't think the list we have mentioned exhausts the possibilities for Roman women. The ones mentioned are just the easy to find ones....
This image should cover it until next weekend. In no particular order: [IMG] My favorite invention of the last few years is the car 'radio'...
It is listed in the British Museum Catalog volume IV page 305 as note to the second one listed that they lack in the collection but with obverse...
I'll add coins shown before showing one of Bing's types with countermarks on both sides. These once sold for a lot more than they do now. In...
I would be concerned that liquid nitrogen would result in a broken coin (or flying shrapnel?) when combined with the blowtorch. I'd start with...
The reverse legend is CONCORDIA SC. The coin is from the period of Faustina as 1st daughter while Antoninus Pius was still alive. I consider...
This is something we have discussed before. I disagree with JA. I prefer not to post information about coming attractions because I don't want...
In the category "Best gushing headless body" TIF's coin is clearly the best I've seen. Part of my regrets not bidding higher on it but I was put...
I do not know if Berk does it or not but it is not all that uncommon to see coins in 'name brand' flips with prices that were never paid by...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] When you are designing a coin die and want to include a lot of legend, you have two choices. You can write very small or you...
I wonder if the lower price has anything to do with the missing legend being the part that named her? I just upgraded mine with a similar coin...
The Tranquillina twin portraits are easier to find and, IMHO, generally better engraved than the singles. You might not like the fact that they...
My most recent qualifying coin is this Julia Maesa sestertius which was $40 at a show in September 2013. I thought it was worth that price but...
Just to make a point, here are four sestertii of Julia Domna. I paid under $100 for each but there are dealers out there that would ask $200 and...
Here is a fact of choosing coins: What you want When you want it How much you'll pay In general you can have any two of these three but will need...
I consider the coin worth the price if genuine and see nothing in the photo that makes me think it is not. It is a pomegranate. My coin was...
This is your chance to prove you are right. I would not pay $13 for what I see there and would expect most look better now than they would after...
[ATTACH] L ENATOV is unusual because the other dates in the series were used as numerals. Earlier we see other years spelled out as well so it...
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