The modelling on that last photo is really nice. It strikes me as what happens when a nice coin meets a good photographer.
I would not trust the c/m's if found on too nice coins although I suppose fakers could apply them to slugs as well. Am I correct that these marks...
The Caracalla ant is definitely a special coin! His portraits vary a lot in terms of power but I really like this one. Below is a sestertius...
[IMG] Alexandria [IMG] "Emesa" [IMG] "Laodicea" [IMG][IMG] Rome
This maker is well known and respected in terms of quality product. As I recall he offers most replicas in .999 silver and much cheaper tin with...
Ancient plated coins are much more scarce than the real thing but are looked down upon by most collectors to the point that they sell for 1/10 to...
Turtle from Aegina late 6th century BC [IMG]
It is almost unusual but very nice to see someone who decided to make their first ancient an owl who bought a real one. There is nothing like...
Your Hadrian spells out Eleven EN - Dekatoy while the other coin ised IA or I=10 + A=1. In Greek, there is no need to keep columns straight since...
One of my favorite coin dealers has said: "Love your coins for what they are, not what they are worth." We all have to ask if the bottom fell out...
This is a fair question that deserves reply (and we hear it all the time). There are Roman coins that sell for $50,000 in average condition (the...
My opinion is that a coin mounted as jewelry is no longer a coin but, in this case, a necklace. I'd think a pretty silver necklace is not badly...
Do I read Demetrios? http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=93913 If so, it could be silver and, if genuine, worth more than the price. That is...
I believe it is fair to say that more damage has been done to buried coins in the last 100 years as was done in the preceding 2000. As we export...
That would seem to be the coin but the interesting part is the discussion both there and on the coin linked in the discussions showing the experts...
Thanks. I collected ancients from the mid 60's to the mid 00's with no Asian coins at all. Recently I expanded the interest area to the point that...
I enjoyed looking over your good photos even though our collecting interests barely overlap. I was hoping for some from India and Central Asia...
True. Most people will give the min and max diameters of such coins if they are over 2mm difference but things more round are approximations....
Same thing - just the Latin word for it
http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/coinindia/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=884 I'm really going out on a limb here and saying that the little one may...
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