Enatoy is 9th year. They wrote it out rather than using the numeral theta because theta by itself is a symbol of death (thanatos) and was...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] John is very right in that the price of these depends a lot on condition. The stag I show was $13 in 2012 while the panther...
I'm not sure that I'd go as far as 'no good' but the OP coin strikes me as tooled. I believe coins with the OB CIVES SERVATOS reverse are...
Question: How many of us ever bother to look at the CT sales page? I did tonight just because it was mentioned here but had not before on the...
The right side of the Hadrian legend is TPAI (Trajan) ADPIA (Hadrian = Greek used on H as a consonent) CEB (Sebastos = Augustus). For the first...
Sometimes it is not easy to tell if an irregularity was from a sprue or other striking problems. If a flan mold had a leak at the edge, you might...
Everything I know about this one has been covered but I'll emphasize the aleady mentioned fact that these coins are usually on a small flan that...
I've seen a lot worse sell for more than the average you paid per coin. On what you have shown so far, you are well ahead but I assume there are...
I believe it was King Farouk of Egypt who was known for cleaning his coins and he once owned the 1933 Double Eagle that makes news quite...
From the photo, I see no reason to doubt it. The fact that it still has the A on the amphora (usually an early wear point on these) makes me...
[ATTACH] Julia Domna Alexandria tetradrachm [ATTACH] Augustus fourree denarius More of the good varieties are bigas.
For the record, I agree that many LRB's are both numerous and a bit 'bereft'. However, Greek bronzes are equally numerous and often quite...
I can not imagine how the seller could have done more to suggest you not bid except to have changed the order of the listing to mention the Romans...
Those coins would appeal to a stamp collector where large margins are valued on stamps made before perforations and good centering on later...
I'd say the blank was broken from the chain/tree it was cast as a part of leaving an indented edge space rather like the other coins shown above....
I'm not a fan of the Asian/Antioch portrait style but this mint is regularly well produced compared to the Western mints. Wit little searching...
Gordian III coins that are not antoniniani need love, too. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Mine is not real nice with the small flan but my favorite Valentinian is his early reign AE1 (SMHB - I believe) RIC2 Heraclea. [ATTACH] Warren...
How many know where this was 'stolen' adapted from? http://www.megadeth.com/ Time to talk about coins yet?
Also: I loved your graphic presentation with the turntable but warn that there is now a sizable percentage of the population that would not...
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