I forgot to ask: How do you feel about the Extremely Fine grade assigned to this coin? I guess pits and scratches don't count for anything and...
There are many variations on this theme and I doubt people will pay extra for any small differences. Condition would seem to be more important...
I believe that is a rudder rather than an anchor. http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=427139
Above is a great description of me. I have coins I would like not to own any more but I am not sure I want the cash they would bring in trade for...
Eh... I mean yes. I've seen both but more on obverse.
I am a bad choice as a teacher when it comes to the price to pay for a coin. I see things that interest me but what sells and is likely to return...
Lets not blame ancients here. Is a Pawn Shop the place to go to get a fair deal on anything or is it a place where they know nothing and price...
Yes, placement is everything and so is placement of the flat spot on the opposite side. Phaselis, Lycia 213-212 BC - Flatness injures Zeus' torso...
A bit unusual with two cornucopia pointed the same way. Septimius Severus Laodicea [ATTACH]
Yes, equally with BEA C. NOB and BEA both just abbreviate longer words so the only word with an ending is Constantis (genitive of Constans). It...
Grainy goes with low silver alloy. We see it again in Early Gallienus from the regular Roman series.
I Have never seen a coin with this legend but the legend ending BEA C (blessed Caesar - unusual in the use to genitive case dedicating the coin to...
Probus was emperor for several years during a period that produced many coins so his are probably the most common of all Alexandria tetradrachms....
Macedon as Roman Protectorate tetradrachm, Artemis/club in wreath [ATTACH]
While I have nicer examples, my offering here is a sad story I am ashamed to tell. I was at a coin show and pulled from a junk bin a coin with...
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