Looking at the photos I'm suspecting the coin has recently been cleaned of horn silver. The write up says "attractive horn silver surface color"...
How we price our goods and services is an interesting subject. Artists that strike me as having no particular merit offer their creations at...
At risk of being considered the devil's advocate, I'll point out that other than the prices the write ups in question are well done and would be a...
I wish I could say I just won't buy from sellers that play the price game but this one has had several coins I wanted including one I wanted very...
I agree this is a Judaea type. There is extra demand for anything associated with the Jewish revolt. Obviously the big gun is the Vespasian...
It is a slightly rough surfaced aVF with mintmark off flan but probably Constantinople worth something a bit under 10% of the sales price. Some...
Jumping on the bandwagon: Another reason to buy slightly nicer coins is that it is easier to know what you have. The reverse here looks like...
While I agree with the YOC reading of Aeternitas, it really makes no difference. None of the options for Faustina I (100% certain for the OP)...
I always liked the comment that those ignorant of history are d.....d to repeat it. It seems some here have forgotten how some of us came to Coin...
When you read that linked page, pay special attention to the timeline. Zenobia was 14 when she married and Vabalathus was 14 when the coins were...
Which Severus? Any Septimius sestertius in EF is an expensive coin. My best is barely VF. Severus Alexander would be less but still more than a...
Gordian sestertii can be very reasonable, cheap even, if you can overlook faults. Wear is the obvious one but you can get more detail if you can...
By my grading standards this suffers only from the textured surface. I would not pay over estimate for it as it sits but a good surface on this...
It is certainly easy to like the big folles. In this case, the new coin was not cool but recognizing that the Caesar antoninianus issue period...
It took over a month to arrive but here is my Constantius I Caesar antoninianus mentioned in the above thread. So far this year I have added 9...
Byblos 1/8 shekel c.330 BC with hippocamp under a galley but I like the normal animals having lunch on the reverse. [ATTACH] Gallienus has a...
There are many we see called 4 and 5 assaria that are not marked and I am not clear on how you separate the two. Ones (unmarked) are common but...
Yes E=5 and they can be lunate like yours, squared or even backwards. Caracalla/Domna Marcianopolis 5 assaria [ATTACH]
I've not seen a 6, 7 or 9. I can't recall a marked one (A) without the half but there are many ones that are not marked.
2 assaria (retrograde) of Commodus from Dionysopolis [ATTACH] Diadumenian 3 assaria of Marcianopolis [ATTACH] Gordian III 5 assaria of...
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