I received this fetching Titus Caesar as last week along with the Vespasian dupondius I have already posted. It's another Ex Reusing Collection...
Andrew, what a wonderful coin! It's actually not from Rome, but from Lugdunum. The portrait style and 'TR P' in the obverse legend are key. My...
SA is correct. My coin's issue was the matched flan shaped and strike, not the patina. FWIW, the patina looked perfectly fine for such a piece. It...
Another post script: Olding and I have come to a satisfactory conclusion. I will be getting a generous partial refund and will keep the coin for...
As a postscript, I have taken @TIF and @Jay GT4's advice and have asked Olding for a partial refund in light of the piece being a cast forgery....
Yours looks good to me. No warning bells are ringing. Keep in mind my situation is a special case. There is no need to worry about your coin.
Nice example Andrew! Here is a rare Vespasian Bonus Eventus. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.22g Uncertain mint, 69-71 AD RIC 1375 (R2). BMC...
It wasn't too expensive and the headache of negotiating a return is something I wish to avoid. The language thing could be true in Lolli's case,...
Thank you for the kind words. I agree that this piece has a high chance of being a modern production of some kind, perhaps even a Cavino. The...
Thank you Andrew and Jay for wading into this on my behalf. I didn't have much time today to devote to it, life and all. In hand the coin has no...
Agreed. I think the Lyon Victory has a very distinctively attractive look.
Granted, this is highly speculative, but he thinks it was either pandemic influenza or more probably viral hemorrhagic fever.
I was attracted to this piece because of the portrait. The engravers at Lyon (ancient Lugdunum) were no slouches when it came to numismatic...
Wonderful! A superb coin with a fascinating numismatic history and old pedigree.
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