[IMG] Left row: 1. Syracuse, Sicily, hemilitron 440-430 BC, .3g 2. Athens, Attica, tritartemorion (3/4 obol), 393-300 BC, .5g 3. Therma,...
[IMG] This denarius is missing two letters between the E and V (VA), has a pair of strong letters followed by missing IMPXI. I have been...
Great boots on that soldier! One of the cutters at Constantinople was very good at boots.
In many cases the reverse die was not nearly as well executed as the portrait. If I were running the mint, I would put my best die cutters on...
The area on the obverse that backed up the TIA region is equally devoid of detail suggesting the coin was struck unevenly. You have a good...
[ATTACH] My Azes tet is a little different wit Poseidon in place of Zeus and different field marks.
I agree with Ardatirion's list. When moving from US to ancients, you need to learn some new rules but you can bring with you some old ideas as...
In coins like everything else, some people expect an item purchased actually to be better if it costs more. Other people believe that if it costs...
Bottle caps would make it harder to counterfeit but the metal was base anyway. They were produced by a completely different process. You will...
Having a coin better than one of the leading cheapskates in the hobby should be small consolation. I was once told by a very respected dealer...
As I understand it many of the serrate issues were intended to comfort the fears of certain groups who believed that it protected them from plated...
For what its worth, there is also a very similar coin of Q. Antonius Balbus a few years earlier with Jupiter and quadriga but the same lettering...
It is a Q. These had dies numbered. Some had a letter on obverse while others had a letter or Roman numeral over the horses on the reverse (but...
They are officina marks using the Greek letter system. Mine are S(6) and H(8). The fact that officina numbers are found on the reverses shows...
When I do these they are always guesses since I am unable to tell Chinese from copies made by neighboring lands. This seems to be Kuan Ei tsu ho...
I'd leave it in the slab. Do you have a Justin by Justin to display beside it?
When it arrives, please post the anepigraphic piece.
I am starting to wonder about the original description that started this thread. "Approximately 93 pieces in lot. Comprised of mostly bronze...
For me, the question remains where the line is drawn between history and historical fiction. In recent years, we have seen a particularly great...
Your Septimius is from his first year 193 AD. The popular coins from that year are the legionary series but there are a few other types. I like...
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