This one is a bit worse because Alexandria mint of the day used lerrer forms that are less friendly to modern collectors including the open top A...
I bought this coin this week mostly because I did not have one like it but it brought up a point some here might find interesting. The seller...
This fake's reverse is a poor copy of one of the common widow's mite types (Antonius Felix) so you get a Christian emperor and the Jewish coin all...
I don't know what the first person that asked this question meant but I'd like to know the answer to this question as well. I'll ask it in a...
The new pictures change nothing significant. the detail is better than I previously thought but the surface color and evenness is not so great so...
$35 (guess) but the leaves on the wall are sharper so you can hide a lot in a photo that fuzzy. Describe the $40 one. It is not common to find a...
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A51420&view_mode=1#0 That is what I would call a good junk box. The real ones listed above...
We all have our own opinions based of various levels of reason. I didn't suspect them of being casts because I consider the style odd for what...
I agree with both of our above experts but wonder if the third might not be Islamic? I wanted to force it into Byzantine but believe I see...
Looking at all the seller's coins I see a lot I don't like. He may just be a terrible photographer but the look is brown grease. I will be...
I won't. That is a coin in the 'pre-denarius' group the US State Department requires proof that it is not property of the Italians. If you buy...
Plautius Plancus would be my first choice but for the fact that most of the dies are really not that well done and most coins are not well struck....
A question: Does anyone have an opinion on what Republican denarius is the most beautiful? I'm not asking what one you would most like (probably...
Good looking coin
I have pretty well decided that there is no single way to store ancients. I love trays but a large collection in trays really fills up a big bank...
I am working on a couple more entries but I don't have examples for some things and will probably wait until I get enough pairs to make the...
Thanks,dctjr80. Ancient coins can be a bit imposing to some beginners so my site was made to serve people new to the subject. Experts will bore...
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/grade.html My old page on grading ancients was based on the theory that the traditional system (G-VG-F-VF-EF)...
Brockages: I have not been convinced that the same people issued each of the Republican issues rather than the moneyers contracted the teams...
Just in case you don't really know how lucky you are: I sold my collection in the early 1970's and have never recognized a single coin from it...
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