While I agree to a degree, I find it interesting that anyone buys the bland looking portraits of emperors that come in 'interesting'. Caracalla...
No, it is a simple fact that most people who hate slabbed ancients are people like you and I who probably have all the ordinary, common, mid grade...
There are many more opinions when it comes to grading ancients. From the photo I see a coin VF for wear but I would hold the centering against...
Great news. Showing it to the a dealer who knew the series paid off for you....
These seem to have motion blur and are out of focus. Please don't take photos hand held but use the stand or devise some support for the camera....
Anyone that knows me knows I agree with Martin on what makes a coin worth collecting but his coins are generally nicer than mine. I have a couple...
http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/2923-3 German; Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Has anyone studied whether there is any relationship between the various obverse types (plain, heroic, consular) and the reverses they are used...
I think the day of 'complete books' has passed. RIC was not a single set of books since there were several authors over a long period and the...
A true True Cross collection has to include a coin of Helena who was credited with discovering it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Cross I...
While I agree it looks young, Valerian II was Caesar but not Augustus so we have to call this one granddad.
Of the common coins of Probus, a reverse that is popular is the facing chariot of Sol. There are several varieties and mints but it is not that...
If a collector of Roman coins is to get just one Sasanian, a good one would be Shapur I who used Valerian I as a footstool. There are a lot of...
The condition is nice and the portrait is quite normal. I'd have to prefer a nicer example of that big bruiser portrait but I don't have one of...
I like the beefy look of the Aurelian. In all honesty I have a lot of trouble finding Pius or Aurelius with interesting reverses. They issued a...
Follis is a bronze coin. The 300 AD Roman gold coin was still the aureus and there were multiples so a big coin is possible. In 309 AD the new...
This is the one I want but, of course, I want in in mint state. ;) http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=36967 Buying uncleaned coins, your...
Actually your coin is the slightly more rare version with snakes coiled at the sides of the head. Many of them are poorly struck and there is a...
Exactly. Whenever someone is willing to sell you something for a small fraction of its value, the item tends to be fake or stolen. Which do you...
That is a fact. I average about half a dozen tries before I get a photo I can live with when there is a dark and polished patina.
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