I never recalled seeing a mitt like that so I went to look at acsearch...
[ATTACH] Actually this AE30 is an urn with a palm from Sardes featuring Julia Domna but it looks a bit like an apple. These are considered to be...
I agree with Junior. I enjoy barbarous coins but won't pay extra for them and their popularity seems to be rising. My favorites include this...
Max seems to have sideburns and a partial beard but I'm wondering if the space between is textured skin or 5 o'clock shadow rather than a full beard.
Agree. It still is small compared to the chunk out of the IIC obverse die I showed earlier in this thread.
Very nice in all respects! The photo makes the green look stable and I'd not touch it.
I'm not understanding this post unless there was something omitted from the space marked (-------). Perhaps "are listed" or "are common"??? In...
IMHO the last aureus has an excellent portrait style while the Libertas as seems like it was engraved by someone who believed Claudius was...
Notice also that Fortuna varies in ways other than legend and whether she sits or stands. Most have a cornucopia and rudder but my seated one...
The Syrian Domna is a nice example of how wild things got at the mint during that period. It is unusual enough that masculine reverses got paired...
More? I would expect people to pay more for the Rome mint style and less for the Iberian and Barbarous. I see more of the last two than of the...
I'll have to owe you my favorite coin ID since I am working very slowly on that page but I will offer my favorite cartoon character: [ATTACH] I'll...
Opinion request: Everything else being equal, what is the relative market value of a Rome mint coin and one from one of the branch mints? Of...
I also like this oldest of the youth period with the sideburns. They are not as easy to find as the kids or snarling adult coins. My only one...
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It is a nice coin; that was never in question. The question is how to apply grading standards that are woefully inadequate to the coin. I...
The coin is a real winner except for a feature that keeps me from bidding on it. I do believe that it is worth over the current level. The date...
As a tip: Tyche has a hat that often looks like a turret from a castle. Dikaiosyne is bare headed. Notice Steve's OP coin showed three turrets...
Another good thing about collecting things 2000 years old is that we learn patience.
The three Troas shown are the ones I have seen but I dd not research that one. Steve has more time for that. We only got four inches of snow and...
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