A few questions for Christian or anyone else willing to address them: How do you feel the three highest denomination coins are working out in day...
The type was issued for about 15 years from 15 mints. If you count minor variations a complete set would be about 2300 coins. Style varies a lot...
The last is the famous Readers Digest ad fake. Millions were mailed out as an ad for a book on Ancient Greece glued to a card. I wouldn't mind...
Yes, Carausius was the one. Yes, many of his coins were made by mints with technical difficulties but his main shops did very good work....
I agree, I avoid Limes cast Severans as well and have very few. I do have some Limes struck Severans but am of the opinion that there are some...
The coin has a seam all the way around the edge, bad softness and is made of pot metal rather than a silver alloy. Some of these don't show in a...
L SEP SEVERVS PER AVG PM IMP XI / VICT AVGG COS II PP - no D's The H coin is a low grade 'tourist' modern cast fake. This sort of thing was sold...
A pleasant looking but extremely common late Roman coin like this is well worth 50 cents and perhaps more like $5. The mint mark is partial as...
I am a little surprised that no one commented on a few of these that I thought would bring early comment. The best and the worst have not been...
L is some coin. It is such a great coin that there was demand for them as far back as the Renaissance when great artists like Giovanni Cavino in...
D is a mystery to me. It copies a coin of Trajan Decius. The silver is very thin and the coin is definitely struck not cast. The style is...
I don't like safety flips because they crack easily trying to dig out little coins which stick inside (gravity does little to help remove .2g...
My complete inabilities to communicate have been shown in this thread. It was posted to see if folks could separate various degrees and types of...
Randy; J is a classic example of a plated fourree of Nero. The style is very good for these making one wonder if the counterfeiter might have had...
The spiky guy looks like Gallienus but it would always help to post both sides since sometimes the reverse will confirm an ID. The Soaemias could...
Thanks. I once used Danscos for my Byzantine bronzes and had trouble with thin coins dropping between the cardboard and clear layers putting two...
I'm looking for suggestions on ways to store very small coins that will allow access, viewing and a degree of security (dropping these on a rug is...
The photo shows 12 coins that 'claim' to be 'ancient Roman coins'. Some are modern fakes, some are ancient in date but less than fully official...
While I agree with the statements of the two above members, avoiding fakes is not all that hard if you follow three simple rules: 1. Consider all...
Just an opinion: When the coin was mounted it was damaged to a point that most coin collectors would not want it, It became jewelry. If...
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