I see the new software allows the choice of uploading a thumbnail at the bottom or a larger, clickable photo in the text. After we all get used...
[ATTACH] I have the same basic coin from the same mint minus the dot and crescent and the A on the obverse. This is the 'normal' variety.
Tonight's auction win was actually not sold in the sale but appeared on the unsold list at a price I accepted. I assume the coin lost appeal due...
But can we read them?
To produce a coin with such distinctive flan, it was necessary to cast blanks that would strike well. In this case, it was a shallow cup with...
This thread is several months old but it was the force that reminded me that I needed this type and put it on my watch list. I have been posting...
My collection includes only two coins of Persis, both added this year. Persis was a puppet state of the Parthian Empire most famous for the fact...
Long necks were considered regal in several periods of history. Steve's coin also is an interesting (to me) example of another point. The...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Manuel - Alexius III I suggest anytime you have the opportunity to buy a cup shaped coin with clear faces on all figures, take...
Yes! If it is not changing, don't change it.
[ATTACH][ATTACH] These two cover the span pretty well until one of you gets a Constantine XI. The bronze is a pre-reform Anastasius nummus which...
Here lies the question: Is there any reason not to overlook such things? Would you pay more for this coin than for an otherwise identical coin...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/aurelian.html It has been a long time since I posted a page on Aurelian but my auction winnings...
These strike me as the sort of thing you pick up whenever you see a good looking one because so many are just awful. I have no idea how to ID...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] All I know about these is that they come in a wide variation of silver/copper alloys. The holed one in copper was cheap. You...
This is my third AR denomination from this series. It was only a couple months ago that I showed the tetradrachm and I had a fourree stater since...
That is a nice reverse for these! The obverse is centered high which shows a pair of dotted arcs below. What are they?
It has been a big day. A tree fell across my driveway so I had to take a break from doing coin things even though the mail just brought me 8 new...
I agree that this is a decent coin 'for these'. Congratulations.
Some pay too much for coins. Some pay too little. On the $205 version was there more detail on the side that is blank here? To me this is a $20...
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