What evidence do you have that the Spes is not official?
Am I correct that the coin in hand has a decent dark green patina? The magenta background on the photo looks like what you get when shooting a...
That is a nice post reform radiate of Heraclea mint. The cleaning looks good, too.
Originals of this coin gave rise to the limerick - "The Bank (of England) in order to make its money pass, stamped the head of a fool on the neck...
There are many things about bullion buying I'll never understand but this points to two more. One is the OP question and the other is why it was...
Another 'problem' with ancients is that there are something like a million variations available to be collected including some that exist in only...
Bad Randy! You know you want to send it to me. :)
For those not up on the terminology, "Randy Grade" is applied to a coin that has appeal only to those willing to overlook certain problems that...
Ancient coins changed weight standards with some regularity resulting in some issues being hoarded not long after production. Large sums that we...
Cryptic message? How is this? The mintmark on this common reverse of a common Caesar is what is special. It is found on two reverses for all of...
Looks OK to me.
I am. I wonder if anyone else here would understand trading a denarius of Commodus for a Constantine II AE3 with unclear workshop letter and a...
Without researching, can you guess why she was not made Augusta? Can you name another Roman wife that was not elevated with her husband but still...
How could I have let that coin go? I remember what we traded. Do you? Commodus was at one time more an interest of mine than recently so I had...
I suppose that is possible but I see no doubling and being barbarous is enough to enplane different thickness.
This is unusual in the way the engraver left more space in front of the face than behind the head. It looks nice. You are finding better coins...
Generally the longer one collects ancients the more likely one is to become of the opinion that coins are graded more by eye appeal than by...
Remember that the thin Islamic coins are a thousand years newer than the others and should not be expected to match. I must add that there are a...
4.4g is quite heavy for a 17mm horseman but it is always possible that part of that weight is from metal deposited from other coins. There is not...
It struck me as odd that I stopped getting email notices of new posts and private messages but I discovered that I had notifications for the last...
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