Doug always has an opinion but tries to keep them to himself at least part of the time. Here is a fact. We all differ on what faults are...
I can't recall seeing an anchor c/m on and anchor coin so that adds an extra cool factor. You can add this one to the ones I inherit when you...
The three later Alexandrian tetradrachms are not bad either (not the most common rulers).
The crocodile is the latest version dated after 2 BC by the PP on obverse. Augustus received the title Pater Patriae that year.
Just a word for the other countermarks --- Greek. Many Greek coins are countermarked but most are pictorial rather than text. Most of these...
The various coins in your plates are lighted from different directions. I consider that good if you are considering what is best for each coin...
Better than any idea I had!
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=420442 Is this a $1200 coin?
My grading scale for facing busts is based on features lost and features boldly shown. Your coin has both eyes but weakly indicated here and...
Why do you think they applied three strikes of the same (Nike) stamp? I have no idea.
Really, folks, when a coin is under 10mm and photographed at at 20 times its actual size, a perfect specimen will look a little 'textured'. This...
Perhaps everyone already realizes these points but there are two things necessary to understand these coins. First, the moneyer was descended...
Interesting! I have never heard of this book but researching I see it was from 1965. I collected ancients in 1965 but did not know it then...
Mainstream scholars deny the existence of official fourrees for all Roman periods. There are some of us radicals that allow the possibility that...
I was referring to the current US cent which is copper over a cheaper core of zinc. The 40% silver halves of 1965-1967 kept the silver appearance...
When you get six, I deserve one as a commission/suggestor's fee. I'll take the last one with good Medusa body:...
Brutus but no EID MAR from me! Yes, both are fourrees. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Post your Perseus and Medusa coin, Steve. You know you want to and yours is better than mine. It does have a clear harpa, doesn't it?
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