I mentioned the various Velia silver variations. They tend to have the lion reverse but sometimes he is just standing there and sometimes he eats...
4th Justin II (and his wife Sophia) Nikomedia mint 40 nummi (follis) year 10 (575 AD)
3rd Velia Lucania Greek Italy http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=4850 Condition is everything on these but yours is still a collectable...
1st Gordian III AE Provincial from Viminacium 2nd Nerva denarius Aequitas That should get you to the right section of Wildwinds.
Beautiful coin; ugly emperor. I would think the surfaces would bring a premium. You say this is rare in any grade. I'd be surprised if they...
You are welcome but here is the big thing to remember about ancient coins. Next to nothing is 'known'. We have some pretty certaily correct...
RIC dates the originally posted coin as 297-298 AD. In general it is better not to put too much faith in VOTA numerals. They did not mean 20...
I almost showed a nickel but had to limit it to five. Yours is first, my Agathokles (171-160 BC) panther is next. These panters and those of his...
For the record, I usually shoot at ISO 200. I did the matching series at 400 because of the relatively dim ringlight and a mistaken belief then...
[IMG] I found the ring good for high relief Greek coins but less pleasing for normal coins. The one I used was $25 at Staples Office supply and...
Chach (now Uzbeckistan) paired portrait but ruler unknown 7-8th century AD Kashmir Kshemagupta with Queen Didda Rani 950-958 AD Elymais Orodes I...
The silver antoninianus is Trebonianus Gallus Roman Emperor 251-253 AD Libertas Publica reverse. Silver coins were getting pretty debased by this...
I don't collect modern coins and the rules for ancients are different (we don't have proofs). I did learn a couple things trying to shoot this...
The Constantius II photo is nice. I always liked the contrasts on this Maximianus. [IMG]
I don't believe in 'typical'. In hand, we wiggle coins around until they look the best they can. On a scanner we need to rotate the coins so the...
Unfortunately, there is a downside to collecting something no one else wants. Dealers won't buy it so you have no where to go to find it. Years...
I agree that rules seem less strict. When I collected US coins long ago, there were many people that collected coins from circulation and never...
I've known a lot of ancient collectors over the years. A few have been what I would term brilliant; a few have been borderline mentally ill....
Interesting. From the standpoint of a coin collector for 50+ years (only ancients/medieval since 1963), I have trouble with the idea of paying...
Someday soon I'll post on my experiences at the Baltimore coin show but one experience there speaks to this question. On dealer had a pickout box...
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