Another sad coin I bought in ignorance: [ATTACH] ...but why show it here on the Vota page? When I bought this as of Antoninus Pius, I was...
Searching on Bili ex Rex I see there were other medals with write ups mentioning this one. The 1872 version had IH on the bust truncation for the...
The equivalent of slabbing a foil pressing is filling the back with Elmer's Glue and allowing them to dry before trimming and gluing to a card. I...
I don't know. I do know that I bought it at a tiny antique shop that was on the groundfloor of the apartment building in which I lived while in...
The coin was issued by all four of the ,embers of the Tetrarchy. Two, Diocletian and Maximianus were Augusti while their junior counterparts...
This seems pretty much in keeping with what I would call reason. Suppose each day you turned loose on the market 100 coins. Of these, some would...
Here are a few coins lest we think Pius was being original other than adding the legend Britannia. More common are seated left figures on a chair...
My guess is Maximianus. It is definitely a post reform radiate of Carthage mint. I don't have one but have the matching Diocletian. I believe I...
You have to be the last man standing to redeem your XXX and renew for XXXX as on these two siliquae of Constantius II from Arles and Thessalonica....
I hate to see eBay or lots vilified as a group when the faults of both are common across the board. There are may good coins sold on eBay but you...
Heavens, no. Rosen is a catalog from 1983. Sear (whence the Arsames ID) is 1979. You have a much better chance getting up to date information...
[IMG] When I was first starting in the hobby 50 years ago, I answered an ad in the back of a magazine for a large group (25? - exact number now...
I would suggest searching the web for lists of known fake sellers. I believe the two you showed are genuine, just low grade.
No, Borysthenes is the river god of the river now called Dniepr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borysthenes
Today you can get in trouble with various groups all of which claim their own definition of what ancient lands were included in which modern...
The first two are very small silvers listed as 'Uncertain, Cilicia' The first has an animal looking back and a Satrapal head facing left but is...
I notice that Sear shows Pergamon in Mysia while Wikipedia has it in Aiolis. The only coins I have that someone else has not shown are from...
You are tired of seeing my smallest coin but it has a big brother at 1.3g. [ATTACH] Phocaea, Ionia, AR hemihecta late 6th century BC
Constantinople year 12 and very nice.
You violated a major rule by only showing one side. I'll guess KYZikos year 12. What is it?
Separate names with a comma.
